Pittville School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Cheltenham, GL52 3JD
- Distance
- 3.6km away
Balcarras School
East End Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, GL53 8QF
Local ranking6th of 40 secondary schools in Gloucestershire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1359
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 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
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 58.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 66.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 84.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 47.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 194
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 56.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
40.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
40.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
216
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 457
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1429
- Boys
- 696 (49%)
- Girls
- 733 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1359 (105% full)
- SEND
- 8.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.4%
- EAL
- 3.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 6.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,405/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.8% 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: 83.1%
- White Other: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Asian Chinese: 2.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
83.1%
White British
4.8%
White Other
2.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
East End Road
Cheltenham, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136474
- UKPRN
- 10032991
- Establishment No.
- 5408
- Trust
- THE BALCARRAS TRUST
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