UK Schools
Winchcombe School
Winchcombe School is a mixed secondary academy in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire County Council, teaching 515 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in March 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Winchcombe School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Winchcombe School.
- 1 Staff Inset Day
- 2 Staff Inset Day
- 3 Autumn Term begins
- 24 Autumn Term ends
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Break
- 3 Spring Term (Term 2) begins
- 28 Staff Inset Day
- 1 Staff Inset Day
- 19 Spring Term (Term 2) ends
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 Spring Term (Term 3) begins
- 13 Spring Term (Term 3) ends
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Break
- 23 Summer Term (Term 4) begins
- 26 Summer Term (Term 4) ends
- 27 Staff Inset Day
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 Summer Term (Term 5) begins
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (School Closed)
- 22 Summer Term (Term 5) ends
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Break
- 1 Summer Term (Term 6) begins
- 17 Summer Term (Term 6) ends
- 20 Staff Inset Day
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Inset Day September 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Inset Day September 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term begins September 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term ends October 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Break October 27 – October 31, 2025 Holiday
- Spring Term (Term 2) begins November 3, 2025 Term
- Staff Inset Day November 28, 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Inset Day December 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Spring Term (Term 2) ends December 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 – January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (Term 3) begins January 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Term (Term 3) ends February 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Break February 16 – February 20, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Term 4) begins February 23, 2026 Term
- Summer Term (Term 4) ends March 26, 2026 Term
- Staff Inset Day March 27, 2026 Inset Day
- Easter Holiday March 30 – April 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Term 5) begins April 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday (School Closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Term 5) ends May 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Break May 25 – May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Term 6) begins June 1, 2026 Term
- Summer Term (Term 6) ends July 17, 2026 Term
- Staff Inset Day July 20, 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Winchcombe School with Gloucestershire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Gloucestershire County Council England
Attendance 28% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Gloucestershire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 95% 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 Winchcombe School. 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 Winchcombe School 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.