The Cotswold Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
10.29 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Cotswold Academy is a secondary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
The Cotswold Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 10.29 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 10.29 miles away, the 4th longest of 23 Gloucestershire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2015, having swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 276 first-choice applications for 241 offers; 233 offers went to first-choice families and 43 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the average A level grade was B (England B-).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Avenue, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2BD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,564 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “The school’s vision is to ‘create brilliant futures’ and this drives all areas of school life.”
- “Pupils and students in the sixth form leave for their future destinations with excellent qualifications and a wealth of experiences that have developed their individual characters.”
- “Pupils understand what it means to be an active citizen and are well prepared for adult life.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 276 first-preference applications, 241 offers in total, 233 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Gloucestershire.
- Winchcombe School 10.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chipping Campden School 11.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Farmor's School 12.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Balcarras School 12.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pittville School 13.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cleeve School 13.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The High School Leckhampton 14.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cirencester Kingshill School 14.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
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