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Severn Vale School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
School Lane, Quedgeley, Gloucester GL2 4PR · severnvaleschool.com · 01452 720458
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Gloucestershire 50.3, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 2.43 mi
- 3.91 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Sibling · Gloucestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,350
- 25 over 1,325 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 23.3%
- First language not English
- 7.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Severn Vale School
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Sibling” went to a home 2.43 mi (3.91 km) from the school. Source: Gloucestershire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 277 families put the school first and 264 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 264 | 277 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 259 | 283 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 265 | 298 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 267 | 294 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 263 | 282 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Sibling | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.43 mi3.91 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.7, and 46.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Gloucestershire it was 50.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ●46.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.79 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 19.8 | +4.8 |
| Sixth form college | 10.3 | −9.4 |
| Further education | 52.7 | +8.7 |
| Other education | 0.8 | +0.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.9 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 3.4 | −2.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.7 | −3.3 |
| Activity not captured | 3.4 | +1.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Severn Vale School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (122 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 122
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 29 parents (24%) with SEND