Five Acres High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Coleford, 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 🔒
Five Acres High School is a secondary school in Coleford, Gloucestershire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Five Acres High 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 | 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 Year 7 place in 2026, as happened at 9 of the 39 other Gloucestershire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 8 earlier Year 7 years, though every applicant was offered a place in 2026.
- Year 7 2026 had 120 first-choice applications for 130 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest 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
- Five Acres, Coleford, GL16 7QW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 786 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils talk passionately about their pride in being a member of the Five Acres High School community.”
- “Pupils feel a sense of belonging and safety that gives them the confidence to engage with all that the school offers.”
- “Pupils embrace the school values of determination, confidence, creativity, ambition and respect.”
To improve
- “In the small minority of subjects where achievement is not as high, leaders are making improvements.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.8 | 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: 120 first-preference applications, 130 offers in total, 120 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 Forest High School 5.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Dene Magna and Sixth Form 6.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Dean Academy 6.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- SGS Berkeley Green UTC 9.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre 11.7 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre 11.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rednock School 13.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Severn Vale School 13.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
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