Denmark Road High School

Gloucester, GL1 3JN · Gloucestershire grammar school

Ofsted: Good Girls
Test board
Consortium: Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Consortium. No fixed pass mark; schools set individual qualifying standards from rank-ordered standardised scores

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2021-10-13)

Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked After Children / Previously Looked After Children who achieve the qualifying standard
  2. Pupil premium in county — Up to 15 places: Pupil Premium, qualifying standard, any Gloucestershire (GL) postcode
  3. Pupil premium out county — Up to 15 places: Pupil Premium, qualifying standard, outside Gloucestershire
  4. Staff child — Children of permanent staff employed ≥2 years (or demonstrable skills shortage recruit)
  5. Priority standard gloucester — Candidates below Qualifying Standard but meeting the lower 'Priority Standard', living in Gloucester postcodes GL1-GL4
  6. Sibling — Candidates who met the Qualifying Standard with a sibling at the school
  7. Other qualified — All other qualifying candidates, by rank order of admission test score

What the entrance test covers

Two multiple-choice papers (GL Assessment style), covering verbal ability (English and verbal reasoning), numerical reasoning (maths), and non-verbal reasoning. Each paper takes around an hour including instructions and worked examples. A qualifying rank on the test is not itself an offer — you must also list the grammar school(s) on your home LA's secondary school application form by the normal 31 October deadline.

University destinations

Oxbridge
2%
Russell Group
44%
Top-third university
43%
Any degree
85%

Of the 84-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.

House prices nearby

Median price, Kingsholm and Wotton ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£187,500

Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Gloucestershire admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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