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Holmleigh Park High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Windsor Drive, Gloucester GL4 0RT · hphigh.co.uk · 01452 301381

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
41.8
average Attainment 8 score. Gloucestershire 50.3, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,416
97% of 1,455 places
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
34.8%
First language not English
14.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Greenshaw Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 222 families put the school first and 247 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 170 (Places 252)170September 2023: 235 (Places 247)235September 2024: 237 (Places 246)237September 2025: 239 (Places 276)239September 2026: 222 (Places 247)222Places 247
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262472220.992%
September 2025Sept 20252762390.991%
September 2024Sept 2024246237191%
September 2023Sept 2023247235185%
September 2022Sept 20222521700.7100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.8, and 33.2% 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+ (33.8 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: 38.3 (England 46.3)38.32017/18: 37.1 (England 46.5)37.12021/22: 45.2 (England 48.8)45.22022/23: 43.9 (England 46.3)43.92023/24: 45.1 (England 45.9)45.12024/25: 41.8 (England 46.0)41.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼41.846.0
▼33.2%45.4%
▼59.1%64.8%
▼18.2%40.5%
▼3.624.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 140011)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form39.5+0.5
Sixth form college2.3+1.1
Further education40.5+3.9
Other education0.5−0.1
Apprenticeship2.8+1.6
Employment6−1.3
Not in a lasting destination6.5−4.5
Activity not captured1.9−1.1

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: 20.6 (England 30.5)D2016/17: 24.4 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 23.0 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 22.7 (England 32.9)D+2021/22: 36.5 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 26.7 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 30.0 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 33.8 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
44 studentsC+ (33.8)Average +0.10
47 studentsC+ (33.3)Average +0.06
56 studentsDist- (30.2)Average -0.20
43.8%AAB or better
84.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2447C (30)-0.15
2022/2344C- (26.7)—
2021/2230B- (36.5)—
2018/1960D+ (22.7)-0.42
2017/1865D+ (23)-0.27
2016/1780D+ (24.4)+0.07
2015/1693D (20.6)-0.66

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University41.3+1
Apprenticeship5.3−4.4
Employment36+3.7
Not in a lasting destination10.7−3.8
Activity not captured6.7+5.1

Ofsted

Holmleigh Park High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
11 Oct 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

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

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Nov 2018

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 140011), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2018Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140011)

  • Oct 2016Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140011)

What parents said

85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (117 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
85%
Replies
117
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▼80% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●87% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲89% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲90% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●88% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼63% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼74% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●77% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼68% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 75% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼37% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 38% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼43% agreeEngland 67%

based on 21 parents (18%) with SEND

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