Holmleigh Park High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.01 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holmleigh Park High School is a secondary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Holmleigh Park 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 | 2.01 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 |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 41.8 (England 46).
- For Year 7 2026, the last distance offered was 2.01 miles, the 5th shortest of 23 Gloucestershire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- In 2026 there were 222 first-choice applications for 247 Year 7 offers; 205 went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meals stand at 33.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 22.5% across 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
- Windsor Drive, Gloucester, GL4 0RT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,416 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2023
Strengths
- “Holmleigh Park High School has high expectations for pupils.”
- “Pupils understand the school principles of ‘work hard, be kind, take responsibility’.”
- “Pupils are clear about the school rules and appreciate that their lessons are rarely disrupted by others.”
To improve
- “Pupils focus on their learning well, but they do not discuss and debate their work regularly.”
- “Some pupils are not confident to talk about their work, especially when exploring complex topics.”
- “However, some pupils, particularly disadvantaged pupils, either cannot or do not take up these opportunities.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 2023 (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) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.8 | 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: 222 first-preference applications, 247 offers in total, 205 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.
- St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Crypt School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Severn Vale School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ribston Hall High School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gloucester Academy 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barnwood Park School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Denmark Road High School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sir Thomas Rich's School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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