Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.46 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2022. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre 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 | 1.46 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
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.46 miles away, the 4th shortest of 23 Gloucestershire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2016, though it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 276 first-choice applications for 292 offers; 236 offers went to first-choice families and 40 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 48.1 (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
- Warden Hill Road, Cheltenham, GL51 3EF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,846 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders put the welfare of pupils, as well as academic achievement, at the heart of everything they do.”
- “As a result, pupils enjoy school.”
- “Pupils know that staff listen and take their concerns seriously.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, leaders need a closer focus on the key concepts that pupils need to know, and when.”
- “In these subjects, pupils, especially disadvantaged pupils, are not remembering key facts over time.”
- “Equally, in some subjects, teachers are not adapting the curriculum well enough for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2022 (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) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.1 | 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, 292 offers in total, 236 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.
- The High School Leckhampton 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Pate's Grammar School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham 1.9 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Pittville School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Balcarras School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chosen Hill School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Churchdown School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Henley Bank High School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
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