Pittville School
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Gloucestershire
Albert Road, Cheltenham, GL52 3JD
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
85%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.8%
27.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
858
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
875 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
85%
1st preference success rate
138 of 162 families who put it first got an offer
169
Places offered
454
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 162 | 138 | ● 85% |
| 2nd preference | 95 | 20 | ● 21% |
| 3rd preference | 89 | 8 | ● 9% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 108 | 3 | ● 3% |
| Total | 454 | 169 | 37% |
1st preference success by year
Gloucestershire lets families list 5 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Dipple
- Address
- Albert Road, Cheltenham, GL52 3JD
- Phone
- 01242524787
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Pittville · Cheltenham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 115772
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 14% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
858 pupils · 875 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
26 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 892 pupils
Attendance
89.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.25 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 48% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 44.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 66.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 32.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.16 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 167 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.