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Chipping Campden School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Cider Mill Lane, Chipping Campden GL55 6HU · campden.school · 01386 840216

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected May 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
47.3
average Attainment 8 score. Gloucestershire 50.3, England 46
Last distance offered
4.97 mi
8.00 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Gloucestershire Council
Demand for places
1.1
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,465
99% of 1,475 places
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
19.5%
First language not English
4.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Chipping Campden School

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 4.97 mi (8.00 km) from the school. Source: Gloucestershire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 253 families put the school first and 222 places were offered; 82% 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: 211 (Places 212)211September 2023: 242 (Places 222)242September 2024: 301 (Places 213)301September 2025: 241 (Places 214)241September 2026: 253 (Places 222)253Places 222
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262222531.1▲82%
September 2025Sept 20252142411.1▲85%
September 2024Sept 20242133011.4▲67%
September 2023Sept 20232222421.1▲88%
September 2022Sept 2022212211197%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20264.97 mi8.00 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.3, and 51.8% 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- (35.9 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: 50.2 (England 46.3)50.22017/18: 51.8 (England 46.5)51.82018/19: 52.5 (England 46.7)52.52021/22: 52.0 (England 48.8)52.02022/23: 49.4 (England 46.3)49.42023/24: 49.7 (England 45.9)49.72024/25: 47.3 (England 46.0)47.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●47.346.0
▲51.8%45.4%
▲69.5%64.8%
▲44.2%40.5%
●4.234.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form59.4−2.3
Further education25.6−0.1
Apprenticeship3.7+0.9
Employment3.7+0.4
Not in a lasting destination5.5+2.7
Activity not captured2.3+0.4

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: 27.1 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 30.3 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 27.3 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 31.6 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 37.1 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 34.4 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 33.8 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 35.9 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
151 studentsB- (35.9)Average +0.07
156 studentsB- (35)Average +0.04
44 studentsMerit+ (29.8)Average -0.06
16.1%AAB or better
89.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24162C+ (33.8)-0.04
2022/23141C+ (34.4)—
2021/22157B- (37.1)—
2018/19140C (31.6)+0.09
2017/18146C- (27.3)-0.17
2016/17114C (30.3)0.00
2015/16139C- (27.1)-0.17

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University38.7−12.2
Further education2.7−0.3
Apprenticeship5.5+1.9
Employment37.6+4.9
Not in a lasting destination12.2+4.3
Activity not captured3.3+1.5

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Chipping Campden School on 13 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
13 May 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Apr 2024

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Apr 2024Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2017Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Oct 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (329 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
89%
Replies
329
22% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●89% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●92% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●86% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲90% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●87% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●85% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲90% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲85% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly●77% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 73% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●52% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 31% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●66% agreeEngland 67%

based on 102 parents (31%) with SEND

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