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Gloucester Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Painswick Road, Gloucester GL4 6RN · gloucesteracademy.co.uk · 01452 428800

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
36.6
average Attainment 8 score. Gloucestershire 50.3, England 46
Demand for places
0.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,014
81% of 1,250 places
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Sixth form
No
Free school meals
42.1%
First language not English
33.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Greenshaw Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 137 families put the school first and 227 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 39 (Places 188)39September 2023: 66 (Places 298)66September 2024: 67 (Places 205)67September 2025: 103 (Places 235)103September 2026: 137 (Places 227)137Places 227
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262271370.6100%
September 2025Sept 20252351030.4100%
September 2024Sept 2024205670.3100%
September 2023Sept 2023298660.2100%
September 2022Sept 2022188390.2100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.6, and 22.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Gloucestershire it was 50.3, and across England 46.

In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade D (19.1 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: 33.2 (England 46.3)33.22017/18: 28.0 (England 46.5)28.02018/19: 26.5 (England 46.7)26.52021/22: 36.1 (England 48.8)36.12022/23: 35.7 (England 46.3)35.72023/24: 39.5 (England 45.9)39.52024/25: 36.6 (England 46.0)36.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼36.646.0
▼22.6%45.4%
▼39.5%64.8%
▼14.5%40.5%
▼2.974.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 136199)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form16.9−0.7
Sixth form college2.8−2.3
Further education49.3+1.5
Apprenticeship0.7−6.7
Employment7.7−1.1
Not in a lasting destination14.8+5.2
Activity not captured7.7+4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/182015/16: 8.7 (England 30.5)E2016/17: 18.2 (England 31.1)D-2017/18: 19.1 (England 32.1)DEngland 32.1
2017/18TrendAverage gradeProgress
27 studentsD (19.1)Below average -0.40
27 studentsD (18.9)Below average -0.41
Applied general14 studentsPass- (11.2)Well below average -0.95
0%AAB or better
100%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2016/1716D- (18.2)0.00
2015/1633E (8.7)-0.70

Published for the predecessor school (URN 136199)

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/18
Left in 2017/18Since 2016/17
University24−2
Further and other education8−3
Further education3—
Other education6—
Apprenticeship6−5
Employment35+9
Not in a lasting destination21+5
Activity not captured6−5

Published for the predecessor school (URN 136199)

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Gloucester Academy on 19 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
19 Nov 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Apr 2018

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 136199), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Dec 2019Monitoring visitEffective action

Before September 2019

  • Dec 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Apr 2018Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingNot effective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136199)

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

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136199)

  • Apr 2014Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136199)

What parents said

67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (72 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
67%
Replies
72
8% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼73% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼71% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼73% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼73% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼76% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼64% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼85% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼63% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼58% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼30% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 46% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼64% agreeEngland 67%

based on 25 parents (35%) with SEND

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