Cirencester Deer Park School

Cirencester Deer Park School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The school's values of trust, kindness, and determination are evident, and pupils respond positively to the high expectations set by leaders. Parents express satisfaction with the quality of education and communication with the school. Pupils are engaged in their learning and appreciate the opportunities provided for personal development and career guidance.

Strengths

• Effective safeguarding practices are in place.
• Leaders have high expectations of behaviour and conduct.
• Strong focus on personal development and mental health.
• Curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced for subject learning.
• Pupils enjoy a rich variety of extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils with SEND are not supported well enough.
• Curriculum adaptations for some early readers are insufficient.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Cirencester Deer Park School attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.3% of pupils at Cirencester Deer Park School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Cirencester Deer Park School had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 23.5% of pupils at Cirencester Deer Park School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Cirencester Deer Park School received £7,660 and spent £7,549 for each of its 1,018 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £890,000 (£875 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Corinium Education Trust, income was £7,576 and spending £7,559 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Cirencester · Gloucestershire local authority: places and applications

Cirencester Deer Park School is part of Corinium Education Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Chesterton Primary School Cirencester
• Siddington Church of England Primary School Cirencester
• Kemble Primary School Cirencester
• Down Ampney Church of England Primary School Cirencester
• Sherborne Church of England Primary School Cheltenham

What is Cirencester Deer Park School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cirencester Deer Park School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Cirencester Deer Park School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cirencester Deer Park School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Cirencester Deer Park School have?

Cirencester Deer Park School has 1,020 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cirencester Deer Park School cover?

Cirencester Deer Park School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Cirencester Deer Park School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.4, and 58% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Cirencester Deer Park School?

Cirencester Deer Park School is at Stroud Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1XB.