The Dean Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Lydney, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Dean Academy is a secondary school in Lydney, Gloucestershire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Dean 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's latest inspection, on 27 January 2026, gave no single grade; its previous graded outcome was Good, on 22 September 2021.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 162 first-choice applications for 165 offers; 161 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (1%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 32% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Church Road, Lydney, GL15 5DZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 816 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at the Dean Academy are positive about their school.”
- “They speak highly of the lessons where teachers help them to learn and remember the curriculum.”
- “Pupils appreciate it when teachers give feedback about their work so that they can make improvements.”
To improve
- “However, pupils are rightly frustrated that this is not their experience in all lessons.”
- “Consequently, pupils are not achieving as highly as they should in all subjects and in all their chosen academic qualifications.”
- “Pupils are increasingly confident to report concerns, although some would like more reassurance that the actions taken by adults have completely resolved the bullying.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 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) | 43.1 | 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: 162 first-preference applications, 165 offers in total, 161 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.
- SGS Berkeley Green UTC 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Five Acres High School 6.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- SGS Forest High School 7.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre 7.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rednock School 8.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Katharine Lady Berkeley's School 9.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Dene Magna and Sixth Form 9.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Maidenhill School 11.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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