Cleeve School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Jan 14 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
136772
Address
Two Hedges Road, Bishops Cleeve, GL52 8AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1848 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
11.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.8%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.7%
Other White 7.4%
Mixed 6.4%
Indian 3.7%
African 1.6%
Unclassified 1.1%
Bangladeshi 1%
Other Asian 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 31%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.9
Local authority average 50.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.35
Local authority average 4.39
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE88
Business Studies:SingleGCSE133
ChemistryGCSE87
ChineseGCSE14
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE42
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE274
English LiteratureGCSE267
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Cleeve School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
306
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
332
2nd preference
109
3rd preference
80
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
286
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
309
164
145
Year 8
320
183
137
Year 9
312
166
146
Year 10
301
141
160
Year 11
276
149
127
Year 12
177
80
97
Year 13
153
76
77
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
84.1%
85.5%
Further education
22.0%
25.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
58.0%
47.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
11.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
57.0%
58.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
22.3%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
2.9%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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