Farmor's School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Fairford, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
11.48 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Farmor's School is a secondary school in Fairford, Gloucestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Farmor's 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 | 11.48 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 11.48 miles away, the 2nd longest of 23 Gloucestershire secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 3.81 miles.
- The Year 7 last distance was further in 2026 than in 2025 and than in 2019, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 152 first-choice applications for 164 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 272 Year 7 applications for 2026, 118 (43%) came from families living outside Gloucestershire, and 50 offers went to them.
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 Park, Fairford, GL7 4JQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,067 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their learning and typically achieve well.”
- “The school’s curriculum and teaching ensure that pupils are prepared for their next steps in education, employment or training.”
- “The proportion of pupils securing the qualifications that they need in English and mathematics is consistently above the national average.”
To improve
- “On occasion, however, teaching does not identify precisely enough the gaps that pupils have in their learning.”
- “When this is the case, staff do not consistently make changes to ensure that teaching remedies these gaps.”
- “However, staff do not make some adaptations consistently enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 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) | 49% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.1 | 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, 164 offers in total, 152 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.
- Cirencester Kingshill School 7.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cirencester Deer Park School 8.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Cotswold Academy 12.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Balcarras School 16.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thomas Keble School 16.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir William Romney's School 17.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The High School Leckhampton 17.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre 18.2 mi Good Last distance published
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