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Schools in the Gloucestershire local authority

Gloucestershire has 339 schools listed on OfferDay across 41 towns.

242 primary schools · 41 secondary schools · 3 sixth forms and colleges · 28 special and alternative provision schools · 23 independent schools · 2 other establishments

About schools in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire lists 339 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 41 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at three sixth forms and colleges.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
60%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 218 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
50.9
average Attainment 8 score, across the 45 schools with published results

Top schools in Gloucestershire

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Coaley Church of England Primary Academy 100%
  2. 2 Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary School 100%
  3. 3 Stone with Woodford Church of England Primary School 92%
  4. 4 Leighterton Primary School 92%
  5. 5 Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy 90%
  6. 6 Amberley Parochial School 87%
  7. 7 Steam Mills Primary School 87%
  8. 8 Coberley Church of England Primary School 86%

Secondary

  1. 1 Pate's Grammar School 82.7
  2. 2 Sir Thomas Rich's School 77.2
  3. 3 Stroud High School 76.9
  4. 4 Marling School 73.9
  5. 5 Denmark Road High School 72.9
  6. 6 The Crypt School 72.7
  7. 7 Ribston Hall High School 67.7
  8. 8 Balcarras School 58.5

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Gloucestershire.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Gloucestershire

How many schools does Gloucestershire have?
OfferDay lists 339 schools in Gloucestershire, including 242 primary schools and 41 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Gloucestershire?
Every school in Gloucestershire is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Gloucestershire ranked?
OfferDay ranks schools in Gloucestershire where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
How many towns are in the Gloucestershire local authority?
OfferDay groups the Gloucestershire schools across 41 towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.