Winchcombe School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
9.25 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Winchcombe School is a secondary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Winchcombe 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 | 9.25 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
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 9.25 miles away, the 5th longest of 23 Gloucestershire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further than in 2025 and in 2016, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 9 years with a published distance.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 88 first-choice applications for 111 offers; 87 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- The school has 15.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.7 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Gloucestershire.
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
- Greet Road, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, GL54 5LB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 515 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 16 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Winchcombe School are very proud of their school.”
- “They know that adults will help and support them with their learning and their wellbeing.”
- “Pupils typically achieve well in most areas of the curriculum.”
To improve
- “Historically pupils have not achieved as highly in some subjects as they do in others.”
- “However, despite these significant improvements, leaders recognise that some pupils still miss too much time in school.”
- “However, at times, teachers do not use assessment information effectively to adjust activities so that they resolve any gaps and misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 2026 (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) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.8 | 46 |
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: 88 first-preference applications, 111 offers in total, 87 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.
- Cleeve School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pittville School 5.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Balcarras School 6.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham 7.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Tewkesbury Academy 7.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pate's Grammar School 7.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre 7.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The High School Leckhampton 8.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
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