Other independent school
Cheltenham · GL51 6QS · Gloucestershire
Ages 2–14
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenURN 115797
Dean Close School
Other independent school · Cheltenham · GL51 6HE
Ages 12–19 · 488 pupils · Gloucestershire
Attainment 8
17.5
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Attainment 817.5
English & maths grade 5+0%
English & maths grade 4+0%
EBacc entry0%
EBacc APS: 0.7
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill91%
488 pupils · 535 places
- Pupils on roll
- 488
- Boys / girls
- 273 / 215
- School capacity
- 535
- Capacity fill
- 488 / 535 (91%)
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Other independent school
Age range
Ages 12–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England/Evangelical
- Religious ethos
- Church of England
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Independent
- Headteacher
- Mrs A E Harber
Location
- Address
- Shelburne Road
- Postcode
- GL51 6HE
- 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 other independent school, Ages 12–19, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 488 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, independent, special school. Religious character: Church of England/Evangelical.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs A E Harber
- Telephone
- 01242258000