Which school has the best GCSE results in Gloucestershire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Pate's Grammar School tops the table in Gloucestershire with 82.7, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Gloucestershire schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Gloucestershire show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Gloucestershire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

39 state secondary schools in Gloucestershire ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 12 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 41 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Gloucestershire ranked on Attainment 8

39 of 41 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Gloucestershire ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Pate's Grammar School Cheltenham · Academy converter	82.7	99%	100%	7.79	151
2	Sir Thomas Rich's School Gloucester · Academy converter	77.2	99%	100%	6.87	156
3	Stroud High School Stroud · Academy converter	76.9	98%	100%	6.96	160
4	Marling School Stroud · Academy converter	73.9	98%	100%	6.58	159
5	Denmark Road High School Gloucester · Academy converter	72.9	94%	98%	6.80	155
6	The Crypt School Gloucester · Academy converter	72.7	98%	99%	6.91	152
7	Ribston Hall High School Gloucester · Academy converter	67.7	91%	98%	6.03	148
8	Balcarras School Cheltenham · Academy converter	58.5	67%	84%	5.17	194
9	Katharine Lady Berkeley's School Wotton-under-Edge · Academy converter	53.1	60%	77%	4.71	242
10	The Cotswold Academy Cheltenham · Academy converter	53.0	55%	78%	4.78	206
11	Dene Magna School Mitcheldean · Academy converter	52.6	60%	77%	4.52	167
12	Cirencester Deer Park School Cirencester · Academy converter	52.5	56%	81%	4.73	189
13	Five Acres High School Coleford · Academy sponsor led	51.8	55%	76%	4.80	143
14	Churchdown School Gloucester · Academy converter	51.5	54%	78%	4.22	262
15	Cleeve School Cheltenham · Academy converter	49.9	53%	70%	4.35	277
16	Farmor's School Fairford · Academy converter	49.1	49%	75%	4.09	168
17	Henley Bank High School Gloucester · Academy sponsor led	49.0	50%	72%	4.27	150
18	Chosen Hill School Gloucester · Academy converter	48.6	53%	71%	4.19	226
19	Cirencester Kingshill School Cirencester · Academy converter	48.2	46%	69%	4.19	158
20	Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre Cheltenham · Academy converter	48.1	47%	70%	3.98	303
21	Thomas Keble School Stroud · Academy converter	47.6	53%	77%	4.15	135
22	Pittville School Cheltenham · Foundation school	47.5	44%	67%	4.16	167
23	Chipping Campden School Chipping Campden · Academy converter	47.3	52%	70%	4.23	226
24	Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre Chepstow · Academy converter	45.8	45%	61%	4.01	170
25	Maidenhill School Stonehouse · Foundation school	45.5	42%	61%	3.89	135
26	Rednock School Dursley · Foundation school	44.9	43%	62%	4.00	196
27=	Sir William Romney's School Tetbury · Academy converter	44.1	43%	64%	3.75	98
27=	St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre Gloucester · Academy converter	44.1	43%	64%	3.70	237
29	Severn Vale School Gloucester · Academy converter	43.7	47%	64%	3.79	256
30	Archway School Stroud · Community school	43.3	40%	53%	3.85	146
31=	Tewkesbury Academy Tewkesbury · Academy converter	43.1	39%	64%	3.62	189
31=	The Dean Academy Lydney · Academy sponsor led	43.1	32%	58%	3.80	90
33	Winchcombe School Cheltenham · Academy converter	42.8	32%	56%	3.59	98
34	Holmleigh Park High School Gloucester · Academy sponsor led	41.8	33%	59%	3.62	220
35	Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre Newent · Academy converter	41.5	34%	57%	3.57	184
36	SGS Berkeley Green UTC Berkeley · University technical college	41.2	32%	59%	3.25	108
37	All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham Cheltenham · Academy sponsor led	38.5	32%	49%	3.27	176
38	Gloucester Academy Gloucester · Academy sponsor led	36.6	23%	40%	2.97	124
39	SGS Forest High School Cinderford · Academy sponsor led	35.6	33%	42%	3.09	45
–	Barnwood Park School Gloucester · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	The High School Leckhampton Cheltenham · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Gloucestershire with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Al-Ashraf Secondary School for Girls Gloucester · Other independent school	54.9	46%	13
Cheltenham College Cheltenham · Other independent school	21.4	0%	154
Cheltenham Ladies' College Cheltenham · Other independent school	78.2	94%	142
Dean Close School Cheltenham · Other independent school	29.4	0%	115
OneSchoolGlobal Bristol Campus Gloucestershire · Other independent school	50.9	17%	12
Oneschool Global Uk - Tewkesbury Campus Tewkesbury · Other independent school	54.2	57%	7
Rendcomb College Cirencester · Other independent school	40.5	34%	47
St Edward's School Cheltenham · Other independent school	38.5	0%	41
The King's School, Gloucester Gloucester · Other independent school	32.3	0%	90
Westonbirt School Tetbury · Other independent school	27.8	0%	69
Wotton House International School Gloucestershire Gloucester · Other independent school	7.4	7%	14
Wycliffe College Stonehouse · Other independent school	35.1	30%	83

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Gloucestershire on our composite score

Gloucestershire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Gloucestershire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Gloucestershire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire GCSE results: common questions