Cirencester Deer Park School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Gloucestershire
Stroud Road, Cirencester, GL7 1XB
73
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
92%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.0%
21.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,020
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
1,045 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
92%
1st preference success rate
172 of 186 families who put it first got an offer
203
Places offered
507
Total applications
2.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 186 | 172 | ● 92% |
| 2nd preference | 187 | 27 | ● 14% |
| 3rd preference | 84 | 3 | ● 4% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 50 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Total | 507 | 203 | 40% |
1st preference success by year
Gloucestershire lets families list 5 preferences. 39 applications came from outside the council area (10 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Helen Howe
- Address
- Stroud Road, Cirencester, GL7 1XB
- Phone
- 01285653447
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Abbey · South Cotswolds
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136527
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 16% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: CORINIUM EDUCATION TRUST
1,020 pupils · 1,045 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
18 January 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,032 pupils
Attendance
92.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
21.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
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 | 51.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.28 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 77% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.63 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 56.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 81% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 33.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.73 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 189 | — |
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.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 186 | 27% | 63% | 83% | |
| English Language | 186 | 25% | 65% | 87% | |
| English Literature | 184 | 23% | 68% | 85% | |
| Combined Science | 135 | 12% | 49% | 76% | |
| History | 116 | 32% | 63% | 73% | |
| Geography | 91 | 41% | 69% | 77% | |
| Spanish | 60 | 43% | 83% | 95% | |
| Physical Education | 54 | 17% | 41% | 54% | |
| Art and Design | 52 | 21% | 75% | 88% | |
| Biology | 51 | 59% | 92% | 98% | |
| Physics | 50 | 52% | 90% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 50 | 56% | 92% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Gloucestershire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.