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Best secondary schools in Gloucestershire

39 of 45 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Gloucestershire schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 2 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Pate's Grammar School Cheltenham grammar 1.01 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.46 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Churchdown School Gloucester 0.93 Good oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Denmark Road High School Gloucester grammar 0.93 Good oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Sir Thomas Rich's School Gloucester grammar 0.91 Good oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Stroud High School Stroud grammar 0.85 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Balcarras School Cheltenham 0.83 Not judged oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Five Acres High School Coleford 0.77 Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Henley Bank High School Gloucester hidden gem 0.64 Good undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Marling School Stroud grammar 0.64 Not judged about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 The Crypt School Gloucester grammar 0.6 Outstanding about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 The Cotswold Academy Cheltenham 0.49 Not judged about even 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre Cheltenham 0.44 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Katharine Lady Berkeley's School Wotton-under-Edge 0.39 Good about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Cirencester Deer Park School Cirencester hidden gem 0.28 Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Pittville School Cheltenham hidden gem 0.25 Good undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Ribston Hall High School Gloucester grammar 0.24 Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 Severn Vale School Gloucester 0.23 Good about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Thomas Keble School Stroud 0.23 Good oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Cleeve School Cheltenham 0.22 Not judged about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Chipping Campden School Chipping Campden 0.16 Not judged improving about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Gloucester Academy Gloucester 0.16 Not judged undersubscribed 0.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Holmleigh Park High School Gloucester hidden gem 0.12 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Cirencester Kingshill School Cirencester 0.08 Not judged declining about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Dene Magna School Mitcheldean 0.05 Not judged about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Farmor's School Fairford 0.03 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 The Dean Academy Lydney 0.02 Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Rednock School Dursley 0.01 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Winchcombe School Cheltenham hidden gem -0.01 Good undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre Chepstow -0.01 Good improving about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Tewkesbury Academy Tewkesbury -0.07 Not judged undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre Gloucester -0.09 Good oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Maidenhill School Stonehouse hidden gem -0.12 Good improving about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Chosen Hill School Gloucester -0.13 Not judged improving about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Sir William Romney's School Tetbury hidden gem -0.17 Good improving undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham Cheltenham hidden gem -0.27 Good improving undersubscribed 0.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 SGS Berkeley Green UTC Berkeley -0.27 Good — approximate
37 Archway School Stroud hidden gem -0.36 Good undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre Newent hidden gem -0.65 Good improving undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 SGS Forest High School Cinderford -0.78 Requires improvement about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Gloucestershire

6 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Gloucestershire, not a fairer one.

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