Schools in Gloucester
45 state-funded schools, 22,187 pupils. 88.6% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 3 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
1 school has been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in Gloucester?
Gloucester has 45 state-funded schools teaching 22,187 pupils. 34 primary, 9 secondary, 1 alternative provision.
What percentage of schools in Gloucester are Good or Outstanding?
88.6% of the 44 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in Gloucester are rated Good or Outstanding: 3 Outstanding and 36 Good. 5 require improvement and 0 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in Gloucester are rated Outstanding?
3 schools are currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in Gloucester: The Crypt School, Abbeymead Primary School, The Milestone School.
Are there grammar schools in Gloucester?
Yes. Gloucester has 4 selective (grammar) schools: The Crypt School, Sir Thomas Rich's School, Denmark Road High School, Ribston Hall High School. Selective schools admit by entrance exam, so the local non-selective intake differs from the national picture.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- The Crypt SchoolGrammarSecondary1,093Outstanding 2024
- Abbeymead Primary SchoolPrimary418Outstanding 2023
- The Milestone SchoolSpecial318Outstanding 2023
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 34 | 34 | 85.3% |
| Secondary | 9 | 8 | 100% |
| Alternative provision | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Special | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Every school in Gloucester
Showing 20 of 45 schools.
| New framework | Links | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 1,534 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Holmleigh Park High School | Secondary | 1,378 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Severn Vale School | Secondary | 1,347 | Good2011 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Sir Thomas Rich's SchoolGrammar | Secondary | 1,249 | Good2021 | OfstedWebsite | |
The Crypt SchoolGrammar | Secondary | 1,093 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Denmark Road High SchoolGrammar | Secondary | 1,013 | Good2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Gloucester Academy | Secondary | 936 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Ribston Hall High SchoolGrammar | Secondary | 906 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Barnwood Park School | Secondary | 884 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Elmbridge Primary School | Primary | 628 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Kingsholm Church of England Primary School | Primary | 617 | Requires Improvement2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Calton Primary School Grade inherited from previous URN 115486 | Primary | 499 | Requires Improvement2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Longlevens Junior School | Primary | 482 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Widden Primary School Grade inherited from previous URN 115481 | Primary | 443 | Requires Improvement2022 | — | Ofsted |
St Peter's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 419 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Linden Primary School | Primary | 418 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Abbeymead Primary School | Primary | 418 | Outstanding2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Finlay Community School | Primary | 414 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Kingsway Primary School | Primary | 406 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Heron Primary School | Primary | 399 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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