The High School Leckhampton
Ofsted: OutstandingFree schools · Secondary
Cheltenham · GL51 3FS · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–16
- Absence4.6%
- FSM9.9%
- Demand1.38
2.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 136474
Balcarras School
Academy converter · Cheltenham · GL53 8QF
Ages 11–18 · 1,427 pupils · Gloucestershire
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
62.4
Overall absence
4.7%
Admissions demand
1.22 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-03-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.83
−20+2
Attainment 862.4
English & maths grade 5+80%
English & maths grade 4+89%
EBacc entry48%
EBacc APS: 5.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.7%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 4.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,012
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.22 · Competitive
1st preferences
231
Places offered
190
1st-preference offers
186
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 654
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 190
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill105%
1,427 pupils · 1,359 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,427
- Boys / girls
- 697 / 730
- School capacity
- 1,359
- Capacity fill
- 1,427 / 1,359 (105%)
- Free school meals
- 6.4%
- FSM pupils
- 63
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BALCARRAS TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE BALCARRAS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Dominic Burke
Location
- Address
- East End Road, Charlton Kings
- Postcode
- GL53 8QF
- Town
- Cheltenham
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1,427 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 6.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Pittville School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedFoundation school · Secondary
Cheltenham · GL52 3JD · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att847.4
- P80.3
- EM5+48%
- Absence10.0%
2.3 miles away
Academy converter · Secondary
Cheltenham · GL51 3EF · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att849.2
- P80.4
- EM5+49%
- Absence9.8%
2.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Dominic Burke
- Telephone
- 01242515881