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Gloucester Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,014Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 148036URN

Painswick Road, Gloucester, GL4 6RN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.7 below Gloucestershire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in GloucestershireSelective

332 applications for 227 places · 34th of 39 in Gloucestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.5of 90
35th of 41 in Gloucestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 19 November 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood

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
1.5applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Gloucestershire median (2.1) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

332 applications · 227 places offered · 137 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  3. 2024 0.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 0.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 0.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 0.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 0.7; Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  8. 2019 0.7; Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  9. 2018 0.8; Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.1; 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 6 years.
  • This school
  • Gloucestershire median

Dashed bars: as Gloucester Academy (URN 136199), 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 20262273321.51370.60
Sep 20252352751.21030.44
Sep 20242051910.9670.33
Sep 20232981400.5660.22
Sep 2022188890.5390.21
Sep 20212071100.5540.26
Sep 2020 *2051460.7860.42
Sep 2019 *2081440.7820.39
Sep 2018 *2051670.8880.43
Sep 2017 *2092251.11230.59
Sep 2016 *1882081.11200.64
Sep 2015 *1872121.11130.60
Sep 2014 *1862521.41270.68

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

121 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.535th of 41 in Gloucestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%31st of 41 in Gloucestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths49%
  • This school
  • Gloucestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.16
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12141.536%49%–
2024/2512436.623%40%–
2023/2414239.528%50%+0.16
2022/2314635.723%43%−0.06

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
148036 · 916/4019
Trust
Greenshaw Learning Trust
Capacity
1,250 pupils · 1,014 on roll
Free school meals
42.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2020
Replaced
Gloucester Academy (URN 136199)
Address
Painswick Road, Gloucester, GL4 6RN
Local authority
Gloucestershire · Gloucester

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