Severn Vale School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Gloucestershire
School Lane, Gloucester, GL2 4PR
66
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
86%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.4%
22.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,350
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
1,325 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
86%
1st preference success rate
242 of 283 families who put it first got an offer
259
Places offered
584
Total applications
2.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 283 | 242 | ● 86% |
| 2nd preference | 122 | 11 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 98 | 4 | ● 4% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 81 | 2 | ● 2% |
| Total | 584 | 259 | 44% |
1st preference success by year
Gloucestershire lets families list 5 preferences. 1 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Richard Johnson
- Address
- School Lane, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 4PR
- Phone
- 01452720458
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Quedgeley Fieldcourt · Gloucester
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137298
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 23% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: SEVERN VALE SCHOOL
1,350 pupils · 1,325 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
22 January 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,365 pupils
Attendance
91.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
22.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.2%
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 | 46.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.23 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 44% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 67% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.89 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 46.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 30.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 256 | — |
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 | 246 | 18% | 59% | 72% | |
| English Language | 245 | 11% | 45% | 63% | |
| English Literature | 238 | 12% | 50% | 70% | |
| Combined Science | 211 | 8% | 44% | 62% | |
| Social Studies | 172 | 11% | 43% | 58% | |
| History | 129 | 19% | 42% | 57% | |
| Spanish | 124 | 8% | 45% | 60% | |
| Art and Design | 81 | 17% | 52% | 70% | |
| Geography | 66 | 11% | 41% | 59% | |
| Computer Science | 33 | 27% | 64% | 76% | |
| Biology | 32 | 53% | 94% | 94% | |
| Physics | 31 | 52% | 90% | 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.