Burford School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Burford, OX18 4PL
- Distance
- 12.4km away
The Cotswold Academy
The Avenue, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2BD
Local ranking8th of 41 secondary schools in Gloucestershire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1530
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 11 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 58.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 66.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 84.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 243
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 51.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B
Avg A-Level Grade
41.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
42.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
131
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 24.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 36.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 319
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1500
- Boys
- 774 (49%)
- Girls
- 790 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1530 (102% full)
- SEND
- 17.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.2%
- EAL
- 3.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 14.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 93.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,427/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.4%
- White Other: 5.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
88.4%
White British
5.2%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
The Avenue
Cheltenham, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136292
- UKPRN
- 10031378
- Establishment No.
- 5410
- Trust
- THE COTSWOLD SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
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