Balcarras School
East End Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, GL53 8QF
Local ranking22nd of 42 secondary schools in Gloucestershire
Secondary
Phase
1359
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 58.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 66.5%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 84.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 47.9%
- EBacc APS
- 5.2
- 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
40.5
Best 3 A-Levels
216
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.1%
- 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%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.8%
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: 79.5%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Other: 4.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Asian Chinese: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
79.5%
White British
4.6%
White Other
4.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136474
- UKPRN
- 10032991
- Establishment No.
- 5408
- Trust
- THE BALCARRAS TRUST