Tewkesbury Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tewkesbury Academy is a secondary school in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 29 April 2025. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Tewkesbury Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 143 first-choice applications for 180 offers; 142 offers went to first-choice families, while 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Gloucestershire.
- The 2024/25 Attainment 8 score was 43.1 (England 46), and the A level average grade was C- (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level below average.
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
- Ashchurch Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 8DF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,019 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “Tewkesbury Academy, with the support of the trust, has made significant improvements to the school.”
- “These changes are valued by many of the pupils, parents and carers and staff.”
- “Leaders have ensured the school is safe and that pupils have trusted adults to help them with any concerns that they may have.”
To improve
- “However, at times some pupils’ behaviour falls below expectations, and this is not always challenged by staff.”
- “On these occasions, pupils become frustrated that the behaviour of others impacts on their learning.”
- “Currently, the number of pupils completing this is low, but leaders are considering how to raise this further.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 May 2025 (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) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.1 | 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: 143 first-preference applications, 180 offers in total, 142 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 5.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham 5.8 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Pate's Grammar School 6.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Pittville School 6.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Winchcombe School 7.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre 7.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Chosen Hill School 8.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Churchdown School 8.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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