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Cheltenham Ladies' College

Girls · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · selective (grammar)Gloucestershire, South West · Cheltenham GL50 3EPSchool website
Pupils on roll
814of 880 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
142
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Cheltenham Ladies' College’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

A level grades average A, well above the England average of B-; 60% of students achieved AAB or better including two facilitating subjects (England 18%). The largest A level subjects are Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology.

Biology is unusually popular at GCSE: 94% of the year group took it, against 23% of pupils across England.

Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 82% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureCheltenham Ladies' CollegeGloucestershireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)78.250.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths94%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths97%71%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects66%31%41%
EBacc average point score7.134.404.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils54.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language9%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
English Language13897%89%78%20%99%
English Literature13796%86%85%21%100%
Mathematics13796%88%82%22%100%
Biology13494%23%87%45%100%
Chemistry12991%23%92%47%99%
Physics11782%23%84%46%100%
Geography8661%41%91%25%100%
Religious Studies7049%31%89%32%99%
French6848%18%96%29%100%
History6747%41%87%26%100%
Spanish5639%19%86%27%100%
Fine Art3927%9%97%28%100%
Computer Science3122%13%90%30%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition2014%8%95%21%100%
Music2014%5%100%33%100%
Latin1813%1%94%74%100%
Drama1712%7%94%27%100%
German128%5%92%33%100%
Chinese107%1%80%75%100%
Italian54%0%53%
Classical Greek54%0%92%
Russian11%0%87%
Japanese11%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Additional Mathematics FSMQ7253%
Music performance: Group21%
Music performance: Group11%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureCheltenham Ladies' CollegeGloucestershireEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study318
— of whom A level students1374,019261,341
Average A level gradeAB-B-
Average points per A level entry48.5636.2835.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsAB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects60%20%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

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

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics6044%31%
Chemistry4130%17%
Biology4029%20%
Economics3626%13%
Geography2418%10%
Further Mathematics2317%5%
Psychology2115%23%
Physics1813%12%
History1511%13%
English Literature1410%11%
Fine Art139%3%
Religious Studies129%4%
Politics97%6%
French75%1%
Spanish75%2%
Computer Science75%5%
History of Art75%0%
Music0%
Latin0%
Italian0%
German0%
Drama2%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)2720%
BaccalaureateInternational Baccalaureate2015%
Computer ScienceGCE AS level (All)
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (All)
Computer ScienceGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Other LanguagesIBO Standard level component

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.