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%
1.3 miles away
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Denmark Road High School
Academy converter · Gloucester · GL1 3JN
Ages 11–18 · 1,024 pupils · Gloucestershire
Ofsted
Strong standard
Attainment 8
77.0
Overall absence
5.6%
Admissions demand
1.32 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Strong standard
Inspection date
2026-02-24
- AchievementStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.93
−20+2
Attainment 877.0
English & maths grade 5+98%
English & maths grade 4+100%
EBacc entry70%
EBacc APS: 7.2
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.9%
Unauthorised0.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 764
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
1.32 · Competitive
1st preferences
190
Places offered
144
1st-preference offers
123
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 489
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 144
- Applications from outside LA
- 148
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 45
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- 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 fill103%
1,024 pupils · 990 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,024
- Boys / girls
- 36 / 988
- School capacity
- 990
- Capacity fill
- 1,024 / 990 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 6.3%
- FSM pupils
- 49
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Girls
- 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: DENMARK ROAD HIGH SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- DENMARK ROAD HIGH SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Miss Claire Giblin
Location
- Address
- Denmark Road
- Postcode
- GL1 3JN
- Town
- Gloucester
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Gloucester
- Constituency
- Gloucester
- 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.
Girls academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, 1,024 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 6.3%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Academy converter · Secondary
Gloucester · GL4 3QU · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–16
- FSM36.3%
1.6 miles away
Ribston Hall High School
Ofsted: Strong standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Gloucester · GL1 5LE · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att864.8
- P80.2
- EM5+87%
- Absence6.4%
1.9 miles away
Gloucester Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Gloucester · GL4 6RN · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att839.5
- P80.2
- EM5+28%
- Absence16.3%
2.1 miles away
The Crypt School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Gloucester · GL2 5AE · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att871.1
- P80.6
- EM5+95%
- Absence5.0%
2.4 miles away
Churchdown School
Ofsted: Strong standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Gloucester · GL3 2RB · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att854.3
- P80.9
- EM5+56%
- Absence6.0%
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Claire Giblin
- Telephone
- 01452543335