All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,100 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.5
Community special school
Heart of the Forest Community Special School
- Pupils on roll
- 160of 160 places
- Free school meals
- 53.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 13
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, 25 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Dean Hall School (URN 115815); Oakdene School (URN 115822).
What the data says
Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Heart of the Forest Community Special School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Heart of the Forest Community Special School’s own sixth form (Gloucestershire average 46%), 44% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 9 | 6,782 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 67% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 67% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 46% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 44% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 22% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 33% | 2% | 3% |
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
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
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
Barnwood Park School
Academy converter · 909 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.1
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,846 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Chipping Campden School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,465 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.3
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.