Schools in Gloucestershire
331 schools in the Gloucestershire local authority.
Schools
331
Open schools
Pupils
101,797
2025–26 census
Good or better
92%
236 of 257 graded
Academic Performance
4.9
out of 10 · 297 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 17 7%
- Good
- 219 85%
- Requires improvement
- 20 8%
- Inadequate
- 1 <1%
34 inspected since 2024, no overall grade24 superseded by a report card40 not judged3 in a category of concern
4.9
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 297 of 331 schools that can be scored
Pupils
101,797
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Ethnicity
White
81%Asian
6%Black
3%Mixed
6%Chinese
<1%Any other group
<1%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 299 of 331 schools (93,695 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 19.1%
- First language not English
- 11.3%
- Young carers
- <1%
17,928 of 93,695 pupils · 299 of 331 schools
10,566 of 93,695 pupils · 299 of 331 schools
875 of 93,695 pupils · 299 of 331 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 249
- Secondary
- 44
- All-through
- 11
- Special
- 14
- PRU
- 3
- Not recorded
- 10
Top primary schools in Gloucestershire
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Deerhurst and Apperley Church of England Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Fairford Church of England Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 3.Powell's Church of England Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 4.Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 5.Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 6.Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 7.Abbeymead Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 8.Northway Infant SchoolGloucestershire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 9.Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary9.0/10Good
- 10.Parkend Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary9.0/10Good
- 11.Amberley Parochial SchoolGloucestershire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 12.Hatherop Church of England Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 13.North Cerney Church of England Primary AcademyGloucestershire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 14.Hempsted Church of England Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary8.8/10Good
- 15.Kemble Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary8.8/10Good
- 16.Minchinhampton Primary AcademyGloucestershire · Primary8.8/10
- 17.Eastington Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary8.7/10Good
- 18.Stow-on-the-Wold Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary8.7/10Good
- 19.Birdlip Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary8.6/10Good
- 20.Sheepscombe Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary8.6/10Good
Top secondary schools in Gloucestershire
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Pate's Grammar SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Stroud High SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 3.The Crypt SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 4.The High School LeckhamptonGloucestershire · Secondary9.4/10Outstanding
- 5.Marling SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary9.1/10
- 6.Denmark Road High SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 7.Ribston Hall High SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 8.Sir Thomas Rich's SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 9.Balcarras SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary8.8/10
- 10.Dene Magna SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary8.3/10
- 11.Katharine Lady Berkeley's SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 12.The Cotswold AcademyGloucestershire · Secondary8.2/10
- 13.Cirencester Deer Park SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary8.0/10Good
- 14.Five Acres High SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary7.9/10Good
- 15.Cleeve SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary7.6/10
- 16.Churchdown SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary7.5/10Good
- 17.Chosen Hill SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary7.4/10
- 18.Chipping Campden SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary7.2/10
- 19.Henley Bank High SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary7.1/10Good
- 20.Cirencester Kingshill SchoolGloucestershire · Secondary6.9/10
Browse all 331 schools in Gloucestershire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Gloucestershire
- How many schools are there in Gloucestershire?
- Gloucestershire has 331 open schools — 249 primary, 44 secondary, 14 special, teaching 101,797 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Gloucestershire are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 236 of the 257 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 17 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 331: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Gloucestershire?
- 4.9 out of 10, averaged across the 297 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Gloucestershire schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 74 schools in Gloucestershire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Gloucestershire local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Gloucestershire covers 331 schools and sits in the South West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Gloucestershire are eligible for free school meals?
- 19.1% — 17,928 of 93,695 pupils at the 299 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the South West region.