Secondary schools in Cheltenham
9 secondary schools in Cheltenham, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Cheltenham in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Cheltenham first 1,893 times for 1,806 places: 1.05 first choices per place, against 1.01 across the Gloucestershire authority's 40 schools. 5 of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.46 miles (Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre) to 10.29 miles (The Cotswold Academy).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Balcarras School
- Pate's Grammar School
- The Cotswold Academy
- The High School Leckhampton
- Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
- Cleeve School
- Pittville School
- Winchcombe School
- All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham
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