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Tewkesbury Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Ashchurch Road, Tewkesbury GL20 8DF · tewkesburyacademy.clf.uk · 01684 292152

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
43.1
average Attainment 8 score. Gloucestershire 50.3, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Gloucestershire Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,019
58% of 1,771 places
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
24.6%
First language not English
7.7%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Cabot Learning Federation

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Gloucestershire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 143 families put the school first and 180 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 195 (Places 200)195September 2023: 184 (Places 204)184September 2024: 158 (Places 196)158September 2025: 143 (Places 189)143September 2026: 143 (Places 180)143Places 180
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261801430.899%
September 2025Sept 20251891430.8100%
September 2024Sept 20241961580.8100%
September 2023Sept 20232041840.9100%
September 2022Sept 20222001951100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.1, and 39.2% 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 C- (27.8 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: 34.6 (England 46.3)34.62017/18: 46.3 (England 46.5)46.32018/19: 46.9 (England 46.7)46.92021/22: 48.6 (England 48.8)48.62022/23: 44.6 (England 46.3)44.62023/24: 42.5 (England 45.9)42.52024/25: 43.1 (England 46.0)43.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼43.146.0
▼39.2%45.4%
●63.5%64.8%
▼13.8%40.5%
▼3.624.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form36−19.6
Sixth form college3.5—
Further education41.5+15.4
Other education1+0.5
Apprenticeship6+2.1
Employment2.5−1.4
Not in a lasting destination5−0.8
Activity not captured4.5+0.2

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: 29.0 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 28.2 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 29.3 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 30.9 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 37.3 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 29.9 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 26.6 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 27.8 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
84 studentsC- (27.8)Below average -0.42
85 studentsC- (28.2)Below average -0.37
31 studentsMerit (26.2)Below average -0.42
2%AAB or better
93.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2490C- (26.6)-0.62
2022/2368C (29.9)—
2021/22110B- (37.3)—
2018/1980C (30.9)-0.21
2017/18117C (29.3)-0.43
2016/17132C- (28.2)-0.21
2015/16124C (29)-0.01

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University44.4−8.4
Further education1.1−6.3
Apprenticeship9.1+0.2
Employment37.4+17.1
Not in a lasting destination8.1−0.8

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Tewkesbury Academy on 29 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
29 Apr 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2022Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2016Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2014Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

44% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (264 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
44%
Replies
264
24% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼63% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼68% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼34% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼52% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼55% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼42% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼55% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼75% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼80% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼44% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼50% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼29% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 41% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼37% agreeEngland 67%

based on 53 parents (20%) with SEND

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