Barnwood Park School
Secondary · Gloucester · GL4 3QU
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Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
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909 pupils · 101% of 900 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 9.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 16.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 8.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 151538
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 156 families named it first for 164 Year 7 places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.45 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 12 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 14.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.95 first-choice applications per place164 places offered · 156 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.45 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Gloucester school admissions · Gloucestershire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 65% (Gloucestershire 74%, England 59%) · Black African 6% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 6% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Gloucestershire 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
88.46 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Gloucestershire: 18.20 suspensions and 0.17 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,757; 13.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 24.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 25.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 23.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 27.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 60.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 30.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 9.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 26.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 5.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 32% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 20.6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022285 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £277,500337 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £215,000–£355,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (2.33 km, 2025 entry): 2,020 sales, median £264,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 8an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 14an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted