Ribston Hall High 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
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ribston Hall High School is a secondary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Ribston Hall High 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
- In 2024/25, 91% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 67.7 (England 46).
- For Year 7 2026 entry there were 152 first-choice applications for 149 offers; 75 offers went to first-choice families and 77 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In Year 7 2026, 137 of the 564 applications came from families living outside Gloucestershire, and 58 offers went to them.
- 7.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.3% 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
- Stroud Road, Gloucester, GL1 5LE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 939 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Ribston is a kind and caring school.”
- “Pupils and students flourish and succeed here.”
- “Success, in all its forms, is celebrated by staff and pupils alike.”
To improve
- “However, leaders do not have an interconnected approach to monitoring and evaluating the impact of the school's provision on pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils.”
- “This includes the need to use information more precisely to assess the impact of their actions.”
- “Leaders recognise that a more systematic approach to monitoring the quality of sixth-form provision would strengthen their oversight and help to bring about further improvements.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 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) | 91% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 67.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 152 first-preference applications, 149 offers in total, 75 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 Crypt School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Gloucester Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holmleigh Park High School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Barnwood Park School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Denmark Road High School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Severn Vale School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sir Thomas Rich's School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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