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The Cotswold Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

The Avenue, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham GL54 2BD · cotswold.gloucs.sch.uk · 01451 820554

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
53
average Attainment 8 score. Gloucestershire 50.3, England 46
Last distance offered
10.29 mi
16.56 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Gloucestershire Council
Demand for places
1.1
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,564
34 over 1,530 places · 102%
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
14.6%
First language not English
3.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Cotswold School Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 10.29 mi (16.56 km) from the school. Source: Gloucestershire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 276 families put the school first and 241 places were offered; 84% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 252 (Places 244)252September 2023: 257 (Places 247)257September 2024: 265 (Places 245)265September 2025: 246 (Places 240)246September 2026: 276 (Places 241)276Places 241
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262412761.1▲84%
September 2025Sept 20252402461▲92%
September 2024Sept 20242452651.1▲89%
September 2023Sept 20232472571▲92%
September 2022Sept 20222442521▲94%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 202610.29 mi16.56 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 53, and 54.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Gloucestershire it was 50.3, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (41 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 55.6 (England 46.3)55.62017/18: 56.5 (England 46.5)56.52018/19: 56.7 (England 46.7)56.72021/22: 59.8 (England 48.8)59.82022/23: 56.9 (England 46.3)56.92023/24: 55.2 (England 45.9)55.22024/25: 53.0 (England 46.0)53.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲5346
▲54.9%45.4%
▲78.2%64.8%
▲46.6%40.5%
▲4.784.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form64.3−1.6
Sixth form college6.6−1.5
Further education13.3+4.8
Other education0.4−3.2
Apprenticeship3.7−1.2
Employment3.7−2.6
Not in a lasting destination4.6+2.4
Activity not captured3.3+2.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 35.1 (England 30.5)B-2016/17: 36.3 (England 31.1)B-2017/18: 33.6 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 35.6 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 44.1 (England 37.9)B+2022/23: 37.3 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 40.3 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 41.0 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
131 studentsB (41)Above average +0.17
131 studentsB (40.8)Above average +0.17
27 studentsDist (36.4)Average +0.03
24.8%AAB or better
97.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24137B (40.3)+0.19
2022/23126B- (37.3)—
2021/22128B+ (44.1)—
2018/19139B- (35.6)+0.05
2017/18139C+ (33.6)-0.12
2016/17127B- (36.3)+0.06
2015/16140B- (35.1)+0.22

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University52−6.2
Further and other education4.7−0.2
Further education4−0.3
Other education0.70
Apprenticeship4+2.6
Employment27.3+7.4
Not in a lasting destination7.3−4.8
Activity not captured4.7+1.2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected The Cotswold Academy on 11 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
11 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2015

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2015Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
  • May 2009Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (306 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
98%
Replies
306
20% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲97% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲97% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲98% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲97% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲96% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲99% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲98% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲98% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲96% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲94% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 70% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲80% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 25% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲91% agreeEngland 67%

based on 73 parents (24%) with SEND

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