Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Newent, 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 🔒
Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school in Newent, Gloucestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre 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
- Every applicant was offered a place for Year 7 in 2026, as at 9 of the 39 other Gloucestershire secondary schools with a published 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 0.7 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 39 Gloucestershire secondary schools: 104 first-choice applications for 143 offers.
- Every first-choice family was offered a place for Year 7 in 2026, and 39 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 34% 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.
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
- Watery Lane, Newent, GL18 1QF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 976 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe at school and value the pastoral support they receive.”
- “They have an adult they can talk to when they have concerns.”
- “Behaviour around the school is calm.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ experiences of school and the quality of education they currently receive are variable.”
- “While the school has the ambition for all pupils to achieve academic success, this is not currently realised in the work and examination outcomes of pupils.”
- “The curriculum design and its delivery do not enable pupils to learn effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (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) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | 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: 104 first-preference applications, 143 offers in total, 104 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.
- Dene Magna and Sixth Form 5.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- SGS Forest High School 7.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Denmark Road High School 8.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Severn Vale School 8.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ribston Hall High School 9.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Crypt School 9.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holmleigh Park High School 9.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Sir Thomas Rich's School 9.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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