The High School Leckhampton
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.20 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The High School Leckhampton is a secondary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
The High School Leckhampton 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 | 1.20 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.20 miles away, the shortest of 23 Gloucestershire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 237 first-choice applications for 164 offers; 158 offers went to first-choice families, and 79 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 9.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21% 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
- Farm Lane, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, GL51 3FS
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 759 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are exceptionally proud to attend The High School Leckhampton.”
- “The behaviour and attitudes of pupils are exemplary.”
- “As a ‘Rights Respecting School’, pupils understand how their behaviour has an impact on others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 237 first-preference applications, 164 offers in total, 158 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.
- Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Balcarras School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pate's Grammar School 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham 2.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Pittville School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chosen Hill School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Henley Bank High School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Churchdown School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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