Barnwood Park School

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Barnwood Park School, inspected in July 2019.

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 Barnwood Park School attended 86.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 34.3% 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, 19.5% of pupils at Barnwood Park School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Barnwood Park School had 15.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7).

Pupils per teacher

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, 20.5% of pupils at Barnwood Park School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 7.9% 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.

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Barnwood Park School is part of Greenshaw Learning Trust, which runs 39 schools. The nearest others:

• Gloucester Academy Gloucester
• Widden Primary School Gloucester
• Hillside Primary School Gloucester
• Grange Primary Academy
• Henley Bank High School Gloucester
• Holmleigh Park High School Gloucester
• Waterwells Primary Academy Gloucester
• Hunts Grove Primary Academy Gloucester
• Five Acres High School Coleford
• Tyndale Primary School Yate

What is Barnwood Park School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Barnwood Park School is Good, from an inspection in July 2019 of its predecessor, Barnwood Park School.

When was Barnwood Park School last inspected by Ofsted?

Barnwood Park School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Barnwood Park School have?

Barnwood Park School has 909 pupils on roll.

What age range does Barnwood Park School cover?

Barnwood Park School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Barnwood Park School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 43.4, and 39% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Barnwood Park School?

Barnwood Park School is at St Lawrence Road, Barnwood, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 3QU.