Foundation school

Pittville School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formGloucestershire, South West · Cheltenham GL52 3JDSchool website
Pupils on roll
858of 875 places
Free school meals
35.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
167
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 26 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Pittville School has no sixth form. Of the 169 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 7% moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.5 against 46.1 across England and 50.3 in Gloucestershire, with 44% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, Pittville School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Gloucestershire and England.

Pittville School
Gloucestershire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasurePittville SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1696,782607,348
Any sustained destination86%93%92%
Stayed in education73%85%86%
— school sixth form30%46%34%
— sixth form college7%11%13%
— further education college36%26%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship7%4%3%
Employment7%4%3%
No sustained destination6%5%6%
Destination unknown8%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasurePittville SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)47.550.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths44%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%71%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects32%31%41%
EBacc average point score4.164.404.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort26%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils39.434.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.454.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language18%9%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics16599%88%16%22%70%
English Language16498%89%16%20%70%
Combined Science16398%65%15%9%71%
English Literature16398%86%12%21%72%
Geography12072%41%13%25%57%
Business Studies8551%18%26%20%71%
History5533%41%27%26%76%
Art and Design5432%7%11%24%76%
Food Preparation and Nutrition4929%8%12%21%63%
Spanish3018%19%47%27%97%
Design and Technology2515%11%16%23%60%
Drama2314%7%26%27%78%
Physical Education1610%11%13%24%63%
Film Studies1610%1%19%20%69%
French1610%18%50%29%88%
Religious Studies159%31%20%32%80%
Dance127%1%25%27%75%
Textiles127%2%67%27%100%
Latin32%1%74%
Italian21%0%53%
Portuguese21%0%50%
Polish11%1%84%
Persian11%0%77%
Sociology11%4%21%
Japanese11%0%53%
Turkish11%0%71%
Bengali11%0%35%
Arabic11%1%47%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction46
Health Studies38
Sports Studies17

A levels and other level 3 courses

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Electronics0%
Mathematics31%
Physics12%

Other secondary schools in Gloucestershire

Archway School

Community school · sixth form · 1,053 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3

Balcarras School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,427 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.