Five Acres High School
Five Acres, Coleford, GL16 7QW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Phelps
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Greenshaw Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 877
- Pupils on roll
- 786
- URN
- 144013
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01594832263
About this school
Five Acres High School is a secondary academy in Coleford. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 786 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
- Good
- 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 | 139 | 136 | 143 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.4 | 49.1 | 51.8 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.74 +0.50 to +0.97 | +0.77 +0.53 to +1.01 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 47.8% | 54.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 69.9% | 75.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 40% | 52.9% | 49.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
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 Five Acres 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 | 49.4 | 43.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.1 | 44.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 51.8 | 44.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 789 |
| 2023/24 | 787 |
| 2024/25 | 808 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Five Acres High School compares
Five Acres High School ranked 13th of 39 secondary schools in Gloucestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 81% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51.8 | 7.8% | 27.5% | 786 | — |
| SGS Forest High School | 35.6 | 8.2% | 35.4% | 255 | 5.2 miles |
| Dene Magna and Sixth Form | 52.6 | 6.7% | 21.5% | 1,020 | 6.4 miles |
| The Dean Academy | 43.1 | 8.3% | 32.3% | 816 | 6.8 miles |
| John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy | 47.7 | 7.3% | 18% | 1,274 | 8.1 miles |
| SGS Berkeley Green UTC | 41.2 | 10.2% | 22% | 391 | 9.5 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)
- 27.48%
- English as an additional language
- 2.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.76%
- Persistent absence
- 23.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
SGS Forest High School5.2 miles
Secondary · Cinderford
-
Dene Magna and Sixth Form6.4 miles
Secondary · Mitcheldean
-
The Dean Academy6.8 miles
Secondary · Lydney
-
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy8.1 miles
Secondary · Ross-on-Wye
-
SGS Berkeley Green UTC9.5 miles
Secondary · Berkeley
Other schools in Coleford
- Berry Hill Primary School Primary
- Clearwell Church of England Primary School Primary
- Coalway Primary School Primary
- Ellwood Primary School Primary
- English Bicknor Church of England Primary School Primary
- St John's C of E Academy Primary
- Heart of the Forest Community Special School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Five Acres High School teach?
- Five Acres High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Coleford.
- Who is the headteacher of Five Acres High School?
- The headteacher of Five Acres High School is Mr Simon Phelps, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Five Acres High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Five Acres 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 Five Acres High School?
- Five Acres High School has 786 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Five Acres High School full?
- Five Acres High School has capacity for 877 pupils and 786 on roll (90%), 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 Five Acres High School a faith school?
- No. Five Acres High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Five Acres High School a selective school?
- No. Five Acres High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Five Acres High School?
- Five Acres High School is part of GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Five Acres High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49.4 in 2022/23 and 51.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Five Acres High School rank locally?
- Five Acres High School ranked 13th of 39 secondary schools in Gloucestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 81% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Five Acres High School's absence rate?
- Five Acres High School's overall absence rate is 7.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Five Acres High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Five Acres 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 10 July 2026.