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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Not yet inspected under its current URN (since Jan 2025)
- Before: Barnwood Park School URN 115720 Good2019
For Ofsted a new URN is a new school: earlier results are the previous school's, shown as such. New schools are usually first inspected in their third year.
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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 entry628 applications · 164 places offered · 156 named it first
- 2026 3.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2025 3.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2024 3.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2023 4.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2022 4.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2021 3.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 4.1; Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 4.0; Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 3.1; Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Gloucestershire median
Dashed bars: as Barnwood Park School (URN 115720), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 164 | 628 | 3.8 | 156 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 198 | 631 | 3.2 | 161 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2024 * | 169 | 643 | 3.8 | 185 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2023 * | 158 | 732 | 4.6 | 217 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2022 * | 163 | 668 | 4.1 | 278 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2021 * | 169 | 666 | 3.9 | 226 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2020 * | 171 | 704 | 4.1 | 252 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2019 * | 171 | 685 | 4.0 | 272 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2018 * | 148 | 465 | 3.1 | 207 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2017 * | 149 | 239 | 1.6 | 105 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2016 * | 123 | 250 | 2.0 | 89 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2015 * | 147 | 252 | 1.7 | 105 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2014 * | 111 | 220 | 2.0 | 79 | 0.71 |
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.) | 167 | 43.4 | 39% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 * | 175 | 41.1 | 36% | 58% | – |
| 2023/24 * | 173 | 38.0 | 28% | 49% | −0.82 |
| 2022/23 * | 146 | 37.4 | 28% | 53% | −0.43 |
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
- Barnwood Park SchoolThis schoolThis schoolNot yet inspected3.8applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Gloucestershire20252.8applications per place 75.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.6 km · Gloucestershire20263.5applications per place 74.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.6 km · Gloucestershire20263.8applications per place 67.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.5 km · GloucestershireOutstanding20245.0applications per place 73.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.5 km · Gloucestershire20263.9applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Gloucestershire20263.2applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20244.2applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 151538 · 916/4012
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 909 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2025
- Replaced
- Barnwood Park School (URN 115720)
- Address
- St Lawrence Road, Barnwood, Gloucester, GL4 3QU
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire · Gloucester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources