Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 30 June 2026Report card · 1 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
- 20 February 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry55 applications · 35 places offered · 30 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2025 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2024 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2023 1.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2022 0.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2021 1.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2020 1.0; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.2; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.3; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.3; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2015 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2014 1.3; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- This school
- Gloucestershire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 35 | 55 | 1.6 | 30 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 47 | 71 | 1.5 | 42 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 36 | 57 | 1.6 | 33 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 50 | 59 | 1.2 | 42 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 | 65 | 55 | 0.9 | 36 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2021 | 69 | 72 | 1.0 | 47 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2020 | 55 | 53 | 1.0 | 39 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2019 | 62 | 71 | 1.2 | 50 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 68 | 85 | 1.3 | 55 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2017 | 47 | 62 | 1.3 | 36 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2016 | 71 | 93 | 1.3 | 55 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2015 | 69 | 101 | 1.5 | 62 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 | 77 | 103 | 1.3 | 57 | 0.74 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 61 | 32.9 | 18% | 39% | – |
| 2024/25 | 45 | 35.6 | 33% | 42% | – |
| 2023/24 | 48 | 29.0 | 8% | 23% | −0.78 |
| 2022/23 | 59 | 30.5 | 20% | 36% | −0.92 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- SGS Forest High SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 32.9Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · Gloucestershire20261.6applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 12.1 km · Herefordshire, County ofGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · GloucestershireRemains Good · concerns noted20241.6applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 12.3 km · Gloucestershire20261.3applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 14.2 km · GloucestershireStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 15.5 km · Gloucestershire202641.0Attainment 8
- 15.9 km · GloucestershireGood20232.5applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138496 · 916/4006
- Trust
- South Gloucestershire and Stroud Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 450 pupils · 255 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Heywood Community School (URN 115776)
- Address
- Causeway Road, Cinderford, GL14 2AZ
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire · Forest of Dean
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources