The Crypt School

Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

Not published

From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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The Crypt School is a secondary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.

The Crypt School 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	Not published
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

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

There were 158 first-choice applications for 147 Year 7 offers in 2026: 106 offers went to first-choice families, and 52 first-choice families were not offered a place.
232 of the 731 Year 7 applications in 2026 (32%) came from families living outside Gloucestershire, and 55 offers went to them.
In 2024/25, 98% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 72.7 (England 46).

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: Podsmead Road, Gloucester, GL2 5AE
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Selective
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 1,100 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 4.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Outstanding Inspected 12 March 2024

Strengths

“Pupils receive an exceptional quality of education and benefit from a rich offer to develop their talents and interests.”
“They consistently live up to the school’s high expectations for their academic achievement and broader development.”
“The school motto is, ‘flourish Cryptians,’ and pupils do.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 April 2024 (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)	98%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	72.7	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: 158 first-preference applications, 147 offers in total, 106 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.

Ribston Hall High School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Holmleigh Park High School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Gloucester Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Severn Vale School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Barnwood Park School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Denmark Road High School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Sir Thomas Rich's School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published