The High School Leckhampton
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B82
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Cheltenham, GL51 3FS
- Distance
- 3.4km away
Balcarras School
East End Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, GL53 8QF
Local ranking6th of 41 secondary schools in Gloucestershire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1359
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 4 March 2025. Figures last updated .
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
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 62.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 79.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 92.3% nat64.8%
- 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
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B
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
- 697 (49%)
- Girls
- 730 (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
*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
- 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
Contact & Location
East End Road
Cheltenham, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136474
- UKPRN
- 10032991
- Establishment No.
- 5408
- Trust
- THE BALCARRAS TRUST
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