Holmleigh Park High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Gloucester · GL4 0RT · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att845.1
- P80.1
- EM5+45%
- Absence12.4%
1.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 137298
Severn Vale School
Academy converter · Gloucester · GL2 4PR
Ages 11–16 · 1,350 pupils · Gloucestershire
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Attainment 8
46.1
Overall absence
9.5%
Admissions demand
1.13 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-03-09
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.23
−20+2
Attainment 846.1
English & maths grade 5+44%
English & maths grade 4+67%
EBacc entry20%
EBacc APS: 3.9
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)26.2%
Unauthorised3.1%
- Authorised absence
- 6.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,364
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
1.13 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
298
Places offered
265
1st-preference offers
256
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 569
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 265
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- 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 fill102%
1,350 pupils · 1,325 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,350
- Boys / girls
- 676 / 674
- School capacity
- 1,325
- Capacity fill
- 1,350 / 1,325 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 23.3%
- FSM pupils
- 315
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: SEVERN VALE SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- SEVERN VALE SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Johnson
Location
- Address
- School Lane, Quedgeley
- Postcode
- GL2 4PR
- 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.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, 1,350 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 23.3%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Secondary
Gloucester · GL4 0DD · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att845.1
- P8-0.1
- EM5+46%
- Absence9.0%
1.8 miles away
The Crypt School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Gloucester · GL2 5AE · Gloucestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att871.1
- P80.6
- EM5+95%
- Absence5.0%
1.9 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%
2.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Johnson
- Telephone
- 01452720458