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Severn Vale School

Secondary Ages 11-16 1,350 pupils Gloucester
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Severn Vale School is an academy converter in Gloucester for pupils aged 11 to 16. It has 1,350 pupils on roll. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.7, and 51% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

GCSE results: 2026.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address School Lane
Quedgeley
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL2 4PR
Phone 01452720458
Reference Number 137298

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1350
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.07%
Girls: 49.93%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 23.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 128 151 279
8 146 131 277
9 152 125 277
10 123 143 266
11 127 124 251

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 78.1%
White, Other 6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.9%
African 2.3%
Mixed, Other 2.1%
White & Asian 1.4%
Unclassified 1.4%
White & Black (African) 1.1%
Chinese 0.4%
Indian 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Asian, Other 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 21 Jan 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
21 Jan 2025 School inspection
25 Feb 2020 School inspection
28 Jan 2016 Short inspection
28 Mar 2014 Interim assessment
14 Feb 2012 Academy conversion letter
19 Jan 2011 Full inspection:
Previously as Severn Vale School
09 Mar 2010 Curriculum and development visit
04 Jun 2008 Full inspection:
20 Sep 2006 Curriculum and development visit
07 Mar 2005 Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
48.7

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 50.6%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 69.3%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 119 5
Third Preference 87 2
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Severn Vale School had 1,337 pupils for 1,325 places. That is 12 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Gloucester Secondary” planning area

Gloucestershire counted 2,435 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 2,138 in 2031–32, down 12%.

2012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 1,1751,1751,1751,1751,1751,1751,1751,3251,3251,3251,3251,3251,325
Pupils 1,1671,1731,1731,1711,1691,1671,1781,2141,2751,3101,3531,3431,337
Unfilled 0.7%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.5%0.7%0.0%8.4%3.8%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Severn Vale School attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 22.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.3%4.1%4.3%4.6%4.7%4.4%3.3%5.7%6.3%6.4%6.4%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%1.6%1.5%0.9%1.2%1.4%1.8%2.3%3.1%3.1%2.2%
Severely absent pupils 1.3%1.4%1.3%0.8%0.9%0.7%1.2%1.7%3.1%4.0%4.3%

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, 6.8% of pupils at Severn Vale School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 6.89.47.87.35.112.59.89.716.310.512.814.925.326.918.0
Permanent exclusions 155345616133043

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 Severn Vale School had 16.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.112.111.110.911.811.711.612.211.911.811.812.411.911.911.8
Teachers who left state teaching 6.3%12.1%11.1%8.3%2.9%7.3%7.3%2.3%2.2%5.3%6.0%4.9%7.7%2.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 64.9%69.7%56.5%65.8%69.9%69.4%53.2%57.9%–38.8%80.2%68.1%68.2%65.9%–
Sick days per teacher 3.33.93.13.85.53.95.56.1–1.96.53.63.45.3–

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, 12.5% of pupils at Severn Vale School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 54 18
Specific learning difficulty 27 13
Moderate learning difficulty 26 13
No specialist assessment of need 24 0
Speech, language and communication needs 9 9
Autistic spectrum disorder 9 3
Other difficulty or disability 12 0
Physical disability 3 3
Vision impairment 3 1
Severe learning difficulty 0 2
Hearing impairment 1 0
Multi-sensory impairment 1 0
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 0 1

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 Severn Vale School received £7,722 and spent £7,486 for each of its 1,353 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £498,000 (£368 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £160,000£425,000£819,000£626,000£784,000£620,000£498,000
per pupil £131£343£642£479£579£459£368
In-year balance £36,000£48,000£162,000-£196,000£126,000£132,000£320,000
per pupil £29£39£127-£150£93£98£237

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.

Name Distance
Field Court Church of England Infant Academy
Courtfield Road, Quedgeley, Courtfield Road, Quedegley, Gl2 4uf, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 4UF
0.22 miles
Field Court Junior School
Courtfield Road, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 4UF
0.25 miles
Beech Green Primary School
St James, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 4WD
0.31 miles
Clearwater Church of England Primary Academy
Clearwater Drive, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 4GH
0.34 miles
Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy
Poplar Way, Hardwicke, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 4QG
0.62 miles
Meadowside Primary School
Elmore Lane East, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 4LX
0.68 miles
Kingsway Primary School
Valley Gardens, Kingsway, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 2AR
0.86 miles
Waterwells Primary Academy
Boulmer Avenue, Kingsway, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 2FX
1.02 miles
Harewood Infant School
Harewood Close, Tuffley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 0SS
1.14 miles
Harewood Junior School
Harewood Close, Tuffley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 0SS
1.14 miles
Hunts Grove Primary Academy
Harrier Way, Hunts Grove, Hardwicke, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 4EP
1.39 miles
Grange Primary Academy
Holmleigh Road, Tuffley, Grange Primary School, Gloucestershire, GL4 0RW
1.43 miles
Willow Primary Academy
Evenlode Road, Tuffley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 0JY
1.67 miles
Hempsted Church of England Primary School
St Swithun's Road, Hempsted, St Swithuns Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 5LH
1.97 miles
Calton Primary School
Calton Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 5ET
2.4 miles
Haresfield Church of England Primary School
Haresfield, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3EF
2.44 miles
Linden Primary School
Linden Road, Gloucester, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 5HU
2.44 miles
Longney Church of England Primary Academy
Chatter Street, Longney, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 3SL
2.64 miles
St Paul's Church of England Primary School
New Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 5BD
2.82 miles
Tredworth Junior School
Tredworth Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 4QG
2.87 miles
Name Distance
Holmleigh Park High School
Windsor Drive, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 0RT
1.1 miles
St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Stroud Road, Tuffley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 0DD
1.82 miles
The Crypt School
Podsmead Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 5AE
1.88 miles
Belong School Gloucestershire
Wild Goose Lodge, Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, GL2 7BP
1.9 miles
Valley Bridge School
Church Lane, Whaddon, Gloucester, GL4 0UF
1.9 miles
Ribston Hall High School
Stroud Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 5LE
2.42 miles
Brookthorpe Hall School
Stroud Road, Gloucester, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 0UN
2.55 miles
Gloucestershire College
Llanthony Road, Gloucester, GL2 5JQ
2.95 miles
Gloucester Academy
Painswick Road, Gloucester, GL4 6RN
3.16 miles
Al-Ashraf Secondary School for Girls
Sinope Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 4AW
3.4 miles
The King's School, Gloucester
Pitt Street, Gloucester, GL1 2BG
3.54 miles
Edward Jenner School
The Elms, 44 London Road, Gloucester, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 3NZ
3.72 miles
Wotton House International School Gloucestershire
Wotton House, Horton Road, Gloucester, GL1 3PR
3.97 miles
Denmark Road High School
Denmark Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 3JN
4.01 miles
Barnwood Park School
St Lawrence Road, Barnwood, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 3QU
4.02 miles
The Milestone School
Longford Lane, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 9EU
4.69 miles
Sir Thomas Rich's School
Oakleaze, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 0LF
4.89 miles
Maidenhill School
Kings Road, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 2HA
4.94 miles
William Morris School
Eastington, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3SH
4.98 miles

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How many pupils does Severn Vale School have?

Severn Vale School has 1,350 pupils on roll.

What age range does Severn Vale School cover?

Severn Vale School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Severn Vale School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.7, and 51% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Severn Vale School?

Severn Vale School is at School Lane, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 4PR.

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