Which school had the best GCSE results in Gloucestershire in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Pate's Grammar School topped the table in Gloucestershire with 82.5, against an England average of 46.3. 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.

Where are the latest Gloucestershire GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Gloucestershire are on the main Gloucestershire GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Gloucestershire show no 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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 2023: secondary school league table

39 state secondary schools in Gloucestershire ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, 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. 10 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Gloucestershire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 41 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Gloucestershire ranked on Attainment 8

39 of 41 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Gloucestershire ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	Pate's Grammar School Cheltenham · Academy converter	82.5	+0.90 (0.65 to 1.15)	99%	99%	7.98	154
2 , up 1 place since 2022	Denmark Road High School Gloucester · Academy converter	76.4	+1.04 (0.81 to 1.28)	98%	100%	7.03	154
3 , down 1 place since 2022	Sir Thomas Rich's School Gloucester · Academy converter	75.3	+0.84 (0.60 to 1.08)	99%	99%	6.80	155
4	Stroud High School Stroud · Academy converter	72.5	+0.77 (0.54 to 1.00)	96%	99%	6.55	158
5 , up 1 place since 2022	The Crypt School Gloucester · Academy converter	70.3	+0.57 (0.34 to 0.81)	96%	100%	6.21	151
6 , down 1 place since 2022	Marling School Stroud · Academy converter	68.3	+0.50 (0.28 to 0.73)	96%	98%	6.02	158
7	Ribston Hall High School Gloucester · Academy converter	62.6	+0.11 (-0.15 to 0.36)	88%	97%	5.58	123
8	Balcarras School Cheltenham · Academy converter	60.2	+0.70 (0.50 to 0.91)	78%	88%	5.39	194
9	The Cotswold Academy Cheltenham · Academy converter	56.9	+0.67 (0.47 to 0.87)	62%	82%	5.03	205
10	Katharine Lady Berkeley's School Wotton-under-Edge · Academy converter	54.5	+0.38 (0.20 to 0.56)	63%	80%	4.92	246
11 , up 9 places since 2022	Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre Cheltenham · Academy converter	52.4	+0.52 (0.35 to 0.69)	55%	77%	4.43	286
12 , up 2 places since 2022	Churchdown School Gloucester · Academy converter	51.6	+0.67 (0.49 to 0.85)	50%	77%	4.19	230
13 , down 2 places since 2022	Henley Bank High School Gloucester · Academy sponsor led	51.5	+0.91 (0.59 to 1.23)	51%	81%	4.40	78
14 , up 4 places since 2022	Farmor's School Fairford · Academy converter	50.2	-0.01 (-0.22 to 0.21)	54%	74%	4.08	174
15= , up 1 place since 2022	Chipping Campden School Chipping Campden · Academy converter	49.4	+0.26 (0.07 to 0.46)	56%	75%	4.43	214
15= , up 4 places since 2022	Five Acres High School Coleford · Academy sponsor led	49.4	+0.74 (0.50 to 0.97)	48%	71%	4.36	139
17 , down 2 places since 2022	Cirencester Deer Park School Cirencester · Academy converter	49.3	+0.34 (0.14 to 0.54)	47%	72%	4.40	207
18 , down 2 places since 2022	Cleeve School Cheltenham · Academy converter	49.1	+0.17 (-0.01 to 0.36)	50%	73%	4.19	231
19 , up 3 places since 2022	Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre Chepstow · Academy converter	48.3	+0.19 (-0.08 to 0.46)	43%	64%	4.19	171
20 , down 7 places since 2022	Winchcombe School Cheltenham · Academy converter	47.5	+0.18 (-0.10 to 0.46)	48%	68%	4.05	97
21 , up 5 places since 2022	Thomas Keble School Stroud · Academy converter	47.3	+0.17 (-0.10 to 0.45)	48%	66%	4.08	117
22 , up 3 places since 2022	Dene Magna and Sixth Form Mitcheldean · Academy converter	46.5	+0.01 (-0.21 to 0.22)	45%	69%	4.02	170
23= , up 5 places since 2022	Chosen Hill School Gloucester · Academy converter	46.3	-0.05 (-0.24 to 0.15)	41%	65%	4.05	212
23=	Severn Vale School Gloucester · Academy converter	46.3	+0.09 (-0.08 to 0.27)	46%	70%	3.94	260
25 , down 4 places since 2022	SGS Berkeley Green UTC Berkeley · University technical college	45.9	+0.00 (-0.32 to 0.33)	35%	65%	3.40	80
26 , up 3 places since 2022	Archway School Stroud · Community school	45.1	-0.23 (-0.45 to 0.00)	42%	63%	3.96	160
27 , down 3 places since 2022	Tewkesbury Academy Tewkesbury · Academy converter	44.6	-0.07 (-0.26 to 0.12)	46%	66%	3.60	222
28 , down 16 places since 2022	Cirencester Kingshill School Cirencester · Academy converter	44.5	-0.30 (-0.52 to -0.08)	39%	60%	3.86	165
29 , up 1 place since 2022	Rednock School Dursley · Foundation school	44.4	-0.06 (-0.26 to 0.14)	38%	62%	3.73	198
30 , up 2 places since 2022	All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham Cheltenham · Academy sponsor led	44.1	+0.31 (0.06 to 0.55)	40%	59%	3.65	138
31 , down 1 place since 2022	Holmleigh Park High School Gloucester · Academy sponsor led	43.9	+0.09 (-0.12 to 0.30)	37%	59%	3.82	188
32 , up 2 places since 2022	The Dean Academy Lydney · Academy sponsor led	42.9	+0.10 (-0.17 to 0.37)	34%	64%	3.60	108
33 , up 2 places since 2022	Sir William Romney's School Tetbury · Academy converter	42.5	-0.32 (-0.60 to -0.04)	42%	66%	3.48	101
34 , up 2 places since 2022	Pittville School Cheltenham · Foundation school	41.6	-0.11 (-0.32 to 0.11)	34%	55%	3.61	169
35 , down 8 places since 2022	St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre Gloucester · Academy converter	41.0	-0.13 (-0.31 to 0.05)	35%	56%	3.39	237
36 , down 3 places since 2022	Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre Newent · Academy converter	39.2	-0.56 (-0.80 to -0.32)	24%	60%	3.23	139
37	Maidenhill School Stonehouse · Foundation school	36.2	-0.48 (-0.76 to -0.21)	20%	46%	3.05	106
38	Gloucester Academy Gloucester · Academy sponsor led	35.7	-0.06 (-0.32 to 0.19)	23%	42%	2.98	146
39	SGS Forest High School Cinderford · Academy sponsor led	30.5	-0.92 (-1.28 to -0.55)	20%	36%	2.59	59
–	Barnwood Park School Gloucester · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	The High School Leckhampton Cheltenham · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

Independent schools in Gloucestershire with published 2023 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	63.6	63%	8
Cheltenham College Cheltenham · Other independent school	15.7	0%	289
Cheltenham Ladies' College Cheltenham · Other independent school	55.2	0%	121
Dean Close School Cheltenham · Other independent school	16.6	0%	99
OneSchoolGlobal Bristol Campus Gloucestershire · Other independent school	56.9	50%	12
Oneschool Global Uk - Tewkesbury Campus Tewkesbury · Other independent school	58.3	63%	8
St Edward's School Cheltenham · Other independent school	43.7	0%	65
The King's School, Gloucester Gloucester · Other independent school	32.1	0%	73
Westonbirt School Tetbury · Other independent school	24.2	0%	71
Wycliffe College Stonehouse · Other independent school	28.3	26%	158

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 2023 was 46.3.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Gloucestershire GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Gloucestershire on our composite score

Gloucestershire GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Gloucestershire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Gloucestershire with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire GCSE results: common questions