Barnwood Park School
St Lawrence Road, Barnwood, Gloucester, GL4 3QU
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Barnwood Park School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Stephen Derry
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Gloucester
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 889
- URN
- 115720
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
About this school
Barnwood Park School was a foundation secondary school in Gloucester. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 889 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Barnwood Park School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 146 | 173 | 175 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.4 | 38.0 | 41.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.43 -0.67 to -0.20 | -0.82 -1.03 to -0.60 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 28.3% | 36% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 49.1% | 58.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 8% | 5.8% | 14.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Barnwood Park School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37.4 | 43.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38 | 44.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.1 | 44.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 864 |
| 2023/24 | 889 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Barnwood Park School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 42% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.1 | 13.1% | 30.5% | 889 | — |
| Barnwood Park School | — | 14% | 31.2% | 909 | 0.0 miles |
| Gloucester Academy | 36.6 | 13.9% | 51.2% | 1,014 | 1.0 miles |
| Sir Thomas Rich's School | 77.2 | 4.7% | 5.2% | 1,240 | 1.2 miles |
| Denmark Road High School | 72.9 | 5.3% | 5.7% | 1,024 | 1.6 miles |
| Ribston Hall High School | 67.7 | 5.4% | 8.5% | 939 | 1.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.5%
- English as an additional language
- 8.4%
- Overall absence
- 13.1%
- Persistent absence
- 33.3%
Location
Nearby schools
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Barnwood Park School0.0 miles
Secondary · Gloucester
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Gloucester Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Gloucester
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Sir Thomas Rich's School1.2 miles
Secondary · Gloucester
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Denmark Road High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Gloucester
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Ribston Hall High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Gloucester
Other schools in Gloucester
- Barnwood Park School Secondary
- Chosen Hill School Secondary
- Churchdown School Secondary
- Denmark Road High School Secondary
- Gloucester Academy Secondary
- Henley Bank High School Secondary
- Holmleigh Park High School Secondary
- Ribston Hall High School Secondary
- Severn Vale School Secondary
- Sir Thomas Rich's School Secondary
- St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre Secondary
- The Crypt School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Barnwood Park School teach?
- Barnwood Park School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Gloucester.
- Has Barnwood Park School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Barnwood Park School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Barnwood Park School?
- Barnwood Park School had 889 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Barnwood Park School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.4 in 2022/23 and 41.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Barnwood Park School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Barnwood Park School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 31 December 2024.