Gloucester Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Not available
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
148036
Address
Painswick Road, GL4 6RN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
894 (60% of total capacity)
Boys
48.0%
Girls
52.0%
First language not English
34.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
48.3%
Persistent absence
42.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 48.4%
Other White 12.9%
African 8.9%
Mixed 8.8%
Other 5.1%
Indian 3.9%
Bangladeshi 2.3%
Unclassified 2.2%
Pakistani 2.1%
Other Asian 2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Caribbean 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.7
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.98
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award29
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BengaliGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE52
English LanguageGCSE137
English LiteratureGCSE137
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Gloucester Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
67
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
67
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes27.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
286
135
151
Year 8
195
96
99
Year 9
127
59
68
Year 10
132
66
66
Year 11
154
73
81
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
67.0%
85.9%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
24.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
22.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
10.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
14.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Nearby schools