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SGS Forest High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Causeway Road, Cinderford GL14 2AZ · foresthigh.org.uk · 01594 822257
On the mapSearch near GL14 2AZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Gloucestershire 50.3, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Gloucestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 255
- 57% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36.9%
- First language not English
- 16.1%
- School census 2025/26
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, 30 families put the school first and 35 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 35 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 42 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 42 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 65 | 36 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.6, and 33.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼33.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼42.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼26.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.09 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 64.6 | +5 |
| Apprenticeship | 14.6 | +4 |
| Employment | 6.3 | −4.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.4 | +1.9 |
| Activity not captured | 4.2 | −0.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected SGS Forest High School on 30 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 30 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2024Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective - Sept 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
May 2022Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective May 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 60%
- Replies
- 25
- 9% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (40%) with SEND