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Five Acres High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 786Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 144013URN

Five Acres, Coleford, GL16 7QW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.6 below Gloucestershire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in GloucestershireSelective

202 applications for 130 places · 33rd of 39 in Gloucestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.9of 90
22nd of 41 in Gloucestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 12 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • 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

  1. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Exceptional, 5 Strong standard
  2. 8 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Gloucestershire median (2.1) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

202 applications · 130 places offered · 120 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.2; Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Gloucestershire median

Dashed bars: as Lakers School (URN 115774), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261302021.61200.92
Sep 20251352091.61320.98
Sep 20241682451.51590.95
Sep 20231582231.41410.89
Sep 20221752631.51730.99
Sep 20211742471.41460.84
Sep 20201652321.41470.89
Sep 20191392031.51260.91
Sep 20181331811.41240.93
Sep 2017 *1111291.2880.79
Sep 2016 *1101801.6960.87
Sep 2015 *1071761.6940.88
Sep 2014 *1291831.41190.92

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

153 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.922nd of 41 in Gloucestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%21st of 41 in Gloucestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • Gloucestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.77
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15345.948%65%–
2024/2514351.855%76%–
2023/2413649.148%70%+0.77
2022/2313949.448%71%+0.74

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

  • 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
144013 · 916/4009
Trust
Greenshaw Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
877 pupils · 786 on roll
Free school meals
28.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
Lakers School (URN 115774)
Address
Five Acres, Coleford, GL16 7QW
Local authority
Gloucestershire · Forest of Dean

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources