SGS Forest High School
Causeway Road, Cinderford, GL14 2AZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Mooney
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- South Gloucestershire and Stroud Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 255
- URN
- 138496
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01594822257
About this school
SGS Forest High School is a secondary academy in Cinderford. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 255 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 59 | 48 | 45 |
| Attainment 8 score | 30.5 | 29.0 | 35.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.92 -1.28 to -0.55 | -0.78 -1.18 to -0.37 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20% | 8.3% | 33.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 36% | 22.9% | 42.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 27% | 8.3% | 26.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
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 SGS Forest High 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 | 30.5 | 43.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 29 | 44.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.6 | 44.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 281 |
| 2023/24 | 280 |
| 2024/25 | 257 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How SGS Forest High School compares
SGS Forest High School ranked 39th of 39 secondary schools in Gloucestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.6 | 8.2% | 35.4% | 255 | — |
| Dene Magna and Sixth Form | 52.6 | 6.7% | 21.5% | 1,020 | 2.1 miles |
| Five Acres High School | 51.8 | 7.8% | 27.5% | 786 | 5.2 miles |
| John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy | 47.7 | 7.3% | 18% | 1,274 | 7.5 miles |
| Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre | 41.5 | 9.7% | 23.2% | 976 | 7.6 miles |
| The Dean Academy | 43.1 | 8.3% | 32.3% | 816 | 7.6 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.41%
- English as an additional language
- 14.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.15%
- Persistent absence
- 24.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dene Magna and Sixth Form2.1 miles
Secondary · Mitcheldean
-
Five Acres High School5.2 miles
Secondary · Coleford
-
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy7.5 miles
Secondary · Ross-on-Wye
-
Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre7.6 miles
Secondary · Newent
-
The Dean Academy7.6 miles
Secondary · Lydney
Other schools in Cinderford
- Forest View Primary School Primary
- Littledean Church of England Primary School Primary
- Soudley School Primary
- St White's Primary School Primary
- Steam Mills Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does SGS Forest High School teach?
- SGS Forest High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Cinderford.
- Who is the headteacher of SGS Forest High School?
- The headteacher of SGS Forest High School is Mrs Nicola Mooney, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was SGS Forest High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected SGS Forest High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is SGS Forest High School?
- SGS Forest High School has 255 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is SGS Forest High School full?
- SGS Forest High School has capacity for 450 pupils and 255 on roll (57%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is SGS Forest High School a faith school?
- No. SGS Forest High School has no designated religious character.
- Is SGS Forest High School a selective school?
- No. SGS Forest High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs SGS Forest High School?
- SGS Forest High School is part of SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have SGS Forest High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 30.5 in 2022/23 and 35.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does SGS Forest High School rank locally?
- SGS Forest High School ranked 39th of 39 secondary schools in Gloucestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is SGS Forest High School's absence rate?
- SGS Forest High School's overall absence rate is 8.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are SGS Forest High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, SGS Forest High 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 1 July 2026.