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Five Acres High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Five Acres, Coleford GL16 7QW · 5acreshighschool.co.uk · 01594 832263
On the mapSearch near GL16 7QW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 51.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Gloucestershire 50.3, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 786
- 90% of 877 places
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.4%
- First language not English
- 2.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 120 families put the school first and 130 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 | 130 | 120 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 135 | 132 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 168 | 159 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 158 | 141 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 175 | 173 | 1 | 94% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.8, and 54.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲51.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲54.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲75.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲49.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.80 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 115774)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 19.9 | +7.2 |
| Sixth form college | 11 | −1.7 |
| Further education | 46.3 | −8.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 8.8 | +7.9 |
| Employment | 5.1 | −3.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.4 | −5.6 |
| Activity not captured | 4.4 | +3.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Five Acres High School on 2 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Exceptional
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 2 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Exceptional |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115774), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2015Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115774)
What parents said
32% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 32%
- Replies
- 44
- 6% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 75% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (25%) with SEND