Best Secondary Schools in Cheltenham

We checked all 14 secondary schools in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and list every one: 8 ranked, then 6 without a rank.

Schools checked
14
Ranked
8
Without a rank
6

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Cheltenham. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Cheltenham also has 49 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire also has rankings for Gloucester, Stroud, Tewkesbury and all of Gloucestershire.

Ranked secondary schools in Cheltenham

  1. 1

    Pate's Grammar School

    Academy, Selective, 1,288 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    82.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    99.3%

  2. 2

    Balcarras School

    Academy, 1,427 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    58.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    66.5%

  3. 3

    The Cotswold Academy

    Academy, 1,564 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    53.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    54.9%

  4. 4

    Cleeve School

    Academy, 1,903 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Attainment 8
    49.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    52.7%

  5. 5

    Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

    Academy, 1,846 pupils, inspected September 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    48.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    47.2%

  6. 6

    Pittville School

    Local authority maintained, 858 pupils, inspected June 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    47.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    44.3%

  7. 7

    Winchcombe School

    Academy, 515 pupils, inspected June 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Attainment 8
    42.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    31.6%

  8. 8

    All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham

    Academy, 1,100 pupils, inspected December 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    38.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    32.4%

Secondary schools in Cheltenham without a rank