Katharine Lady Berkeley's School

Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School is performing well, categorized as a good school with potential for an outstanding rating in future inspections. The leadership demonstrates ambition for pupils' achievements, offering a high quality education that is appreciated by students who feel both happy and safe. The school emphasizes a broad curriculum coupled with supportive sixth-form programs that help younger pupils aspire to continue their education there. Strong community values are evident, with pupils showcasing positive behavior and warm relationships with staff, contributing to a vibrant school environment.

Strengths

• High quality education offered across a broad curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on reading and support for struggling readers.
• Positive behavior and warm relationships between staff and pupils.
• Exceptional sixth-form curriculum with extensive opportunities.
• Effective leadership and management with support and challenge from trustees.

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 Katharine Lady Berkeley's School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.3% 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, 4.0% of pupils at Katharine Lady Berkeley's School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 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 Katharine Lady Berkeley's School had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.8% 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, 14.1% of pupils at Katharine Lady Berkeley's School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.8% 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 Katharine Lady Berkeley's School received £7,324 and spent £7,058 for each of its 1,509 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £929,000 (£616 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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What is Katharine Lady Berkeley's School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Katharine Lady Berkeley's School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Katharine Lady Berkeley's School last inspected by Ofsted?

Katharine Lady Berkeley's School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Katharine Lady Berkeley's School have?

Katharine Lady Berkeley's School has 1,549 pupils on roll.

What age range does Katharine Lady Berkeley's School cover?

Katharine Lady Berkeley's School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Katharine Lady Berkeley's School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 50.7, and 56% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Katharine Lady Berkeley's School?

Katharine Lady Berkeley's School is at Kingswood Road, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 8RB.