Churchdown School

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

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

2.04 miles

Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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Churchdown 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.

Churchdown 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	2.04 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

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

What the figures show

For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.04 miles away, the 6th shortest of 23 Gloucestershire secondary schools with a published last distance.
The Year 7 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
Year 7 2026 saw 292 first-choice applications for 238 offers; 227 offers went to first-choice families, and 65 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 54% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 51.5 (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: Winston Road, Churchdown, Gloucester, GL3 2RB
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 1,430 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 16.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 14.9

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy learning and benefit from effective teaching.”
“Those with barriers to learning and/or well-being progress well through the curriculum.”
“Disadvantaged pupils achieve very well, often outperforming their peers in national examinations.”

To improve

“On occasions, however, teaching does not match well enough to pupils' starting points.”
“However, teaching sometimes does not deepen students’ understanding as well as it could.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 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)	54%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	51.5	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: 292 first-preference applications, 238 offers in total, 227 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.

Chosen Hill School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Sir Thomas Rich's School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Barnwood Park School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Denmark Road High School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Henley Bank High School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
Pate's Grammar School 3.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Gloucester Academy 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre 3.3 mi Good Last distance published