Churchdown School
Ofsted: Strong standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Gloucester · GL3 2RB · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att854.3
- P80.9
- EM5+56%
- Absence6.0%
0.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 136623
Chosen Hill School
Academy converter · Gloucester · GL3 2PL
Ages 11–18 · 1,295 pupils · Gloucestershire
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
44.3
Overall absence
8.7%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-12-03
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.13
−20+2
Attainment 844.3
English & maths grade 5+44%
English & maths grade 4+66%
EBacc entry27%
EBacc APS: 3.9
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)27.6%
Unauthorised1.9%
- Authorised absence
- 6.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,163
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill87%
1,295 pupils · 1,490 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,295
- Boys / girls
- 690 / 605
- School capacity
- 1,490
- Capacity fill
- 1,295 / 1,490 (87%)
- Free school meals
- 17.7%
- FSM pupils
- 197
- 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: CHOSEN HILL SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- CHOSEN HILL SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Pauling
Location
- Address
- Brookfield Road, Churchdown, 26 Shepherds Way
- Postcode
- GL3 2PL
- Town
- Gloucester
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds
- 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 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, 1,295 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 17.7%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Sir Thomas Rich's School
Ofsted: Strong standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Gloucester · GL2 0LF · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att876.9
- P80.9
- EM5+99%
- Absence5.0%
2.0 miles away
Henley Bank High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Gloucester · GL3 4QF · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att849.6
- P80.6
- EM5+57%
- Absence10.3%
2.2 miles away
Academy converter · Secondary
Cheltenham · GL51 3EF · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att849.2
- P80.4
- EM5+49%
- Absence9.8%
2.6 miles away
Academy converter · Secondary
Gloucester · GL4 3QU · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–16
- FSM36.3%
2.6 miles away
Pate's Grammar School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Cheltenham · GL51 0HG · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att883.7
- P81.0
- EM5+99%
- Absence4.7%
2.6 miles away
The High School Leckhampton
Ofsted: OutstandingFree schools · Secondary
Cheltenham · GL51 3FS · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–16
- Absence4.6%
- FSM9.9%
2.9 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Pauling
- Telephone
- 01452713488