UK Schools
Gloucester Academy
Gloucester Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Gloucester, Gloucestershire County Council, teaching 1,014 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in November 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 36.6 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 20 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Gloucester Academy.
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 Gloucester Academy.
- 1–30 Autumn Term 1
- 1–24 Autumn Term 1
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3–30 Autumn Term 2
- 1–19 Autumn Term 2
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5–31 Spring Term 3
- 1–13 Spring Term 3
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23–28 Spring Term 4
- 1–27 Spring Term 4
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13–30 Summer Term 5
- 1–22 Summer Term 5
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term 6
- 1–20 Summer Term 6
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term 1 1 Sept 2025 - 24 Oct 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday 27 Oct 2025 - 31 Oct 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term 2 3 Nov 2025 - 19 Dec 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday 22 Dec 2025 - 2 Jan 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term 3 5 Jan 2026 - 13 Feb 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday 16 Feb 2026 - 20 Feb 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term 4 23 Feb 2026 - 27 Mar 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday 30 Mar 2026 - 10 Apr 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term 5 13 Apr 2026 - 22 May 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday 25 May 2026 - 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term 6 1 Jun 2026 - 20 Jul 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday 21 Jul 2026 - 31 Aug 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day 01/09/2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day 02/09/2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day 03/10/2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day 05/12/2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day 27/03/2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day 19/06/2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day 20/07/2026 Inset Day
- New Year's Day 1 Jan 2026 Event
- Good Friday 3 Apr 2026 Event
- Easter Monday 6 Apr 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday 25 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday 31 Aug 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day 25 Dec 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day 26 Dec 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Gloucester Academy with Gloucestershire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 36.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Gloucestershire County Council England
Attendance 39.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Gloucestershire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 84% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Gloucestershire County Council England
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 Gloucester Academy. 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 Gloucester Academy 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.