Dene Magna and Sixth Form
Dene Magna and Sixth Form is a mixed secondary academy in Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire County Council, teaching 1,020 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in October 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 52.6 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Dene Magna and Sixth Form.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Dene Magna and Sixth Form.
- 1–30 Autumn Term (Term 1)
- 1–17 Autumn Term (Term 1)
- 20–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3–30 Autumn Term (Term 2)
- 1–19 Autumn Term (Term 2)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5–31 Spring Term (Term 3)
- 1–13 Spring Term (Term 3)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23–28 Spring Term (Term 4)
- 1–27 Spring Term (Term 4)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13–30 Summer Term (Term 5)
- 1–22 Summer Term (Term 5)
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term (Term 6)
- 1–17 Summer Term (Term 6)
- 20–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term (Term 1) September 1, 2025 - October 17, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday October 20, 2025 - October 31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term (Term 2) November 3, 2025 - December 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (Term 3) January 5, 2026 - February 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday February 16, 2026 - February 20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (Term 4) February 23, 2026 - March 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday March 30, 2026 - April 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Term 5) April 13, 2026 - May 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Term 6) June 1, 2026 - July 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday July 20, 2026 - August 31, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Dene Magna and Sixth Form with Gloucestershire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 52.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 25.95 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 16.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 95% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 89% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Dene Magna and Sixth Form. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Dene Magna and Sixth Form than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.