Gloucester Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Gloucester, 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 🔒
Gloucester Academy is a secondary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Gloucester 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 137 first-choice applications for 227 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer and the 2nd lowest of 39 Gloucestershire secondary schools.
- 42.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.5% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Gloucestershire.
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 4 of the 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
- 23% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25, lowest among this school and the 7 of the 8 nearest Gloucestershire secondary schools that have results.
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
- Painswick Road, Gloucester, GL4 6RN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,014 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024
Strengths
- “The school has high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and what they can achieve.”
- “Pupils learn more effectively than before, they achieve more highly and they feel safe.”
- “The majority of pupils appreciate that their learning takes place without disruption.”
To improve
- “The number of pupils who meet the school’s expectations is markedly increasing, but a minority still find this difficult.”
- “However, in a few areas, the learning activities given to pupils do not enable them to develop a deep understanding of the content taught.”
- “When this occurs, pupils do not use subject vocabulary to explain their learning or extend their thinking in sufficient depth.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 December 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) | 23% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.6 | 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: 137 first-preference applications, 227 offers in total, 137 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.
- Ribston Hall High School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barnwood Park School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Crypt School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Denmark Road High School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holmleigh Park High School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Sir Thomas Rich's School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Henley Bank High School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
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