Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Cheltenham · GL54 2AW · Gloucestershire
Ages 2–11
- KS250%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM13.8%
- Demand0.97
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 136292
The Cotswold Academy
Academy converter · Cheltenham · GL54 2BD
Ages 11–18 · 1,564 pupils · Gloucestershire
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
55.2
Overall absence
7.7%
Admissions demand
1.08 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-03-11
- 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+0.49
−20+2
Attainment 855.2
English & maths grade 5+62%
English & maths grade 4+80%
EBacc entry54%
EBacc APS: 5.1
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)20.8%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 6.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,207
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
1.08 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
265
Places offered
245
1st-preference offers
237
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 444
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 245
- Applications from outside LA
- 151
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 62
- 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%
1,564 pupils · 1,530 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,564
- Boys / girls
- 774 / 790
- School capacity
- 1,530
- Capacity fill
- 1,564 / 1,530 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 14.6%
- FSM pupils
- 180
- 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 COTSWOLD SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE COTSWOLD SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr W Morgan
Location
- Address
- The Avenue, Bourton-on-the-Water
- Postcode
- GL54 2BD
- Town
- Cheltenham
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: 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, 1,564 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 14.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Cold Aston Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Cheltenham · GL54 3BN · Gloucestershire
Ages 4–11
- KS257%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM4.1%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
Swell Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Cotswold · GL54 1LH · Gloucestershire
Ages 2–11
- KS263%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM29.0%
- Demand1.00
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr W Morgan
- Telephone
- 01451820554