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Severn Vale School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formGloucestershire, South West · Gloucester GL2 4PRTrust: Severn Vale SchoolSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,350of 1,325 places
Free school meals
23.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
256
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 22 January 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Severn Vale School (URN 115726, until 17 August 2011).

What the data says

Severn Vale School has no sixth form. Of the 260 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 20% moved to a sixth form college, 40% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.

Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 59% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.7 against 46.1 across England and 50.3 in Gloucestershire, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, Severn Vale 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.

Severn Vale School
Gloucestershire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSevern Vale SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Pupils in the cohort2606,782607,348
Any sustained destination90%93%92%
Stayed in education79%85%86%
— school sixth form19%46%34%
— sixth form college20%11%13%
— further education college40%26%37%
— other education2%2%
Apprenticeship4%4%3%
Employment7%4%3%
No sustained destination9%5%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureSevern Vale SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)43.750.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths64%71%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects31%31%41%
EBacc average point score3.794.404.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort22%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils32.934.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils46.854.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language11%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
Mathematics24696%88%18%22%72%
English Language24596%89%11%20%63%
English Literature23893%86%12%21%70%
Combined Science21182%65%8%9%62%
Sociology15159%4%11%21%56%
History12950%41%19%26%57%
Spanish12448%19%8%27%60%
Geography6626%41%11%25%59%
Computer Science3313%13%27%30%76%
Biology3213%23%53%45%94%
Physics3112%23%52%46%100%
3D Design3112%2%13%16%55%
Chemistry3112%23%55%47%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition3112%8%19%21%61%
Religious Studies3012%31%27%32%80%
Physical Education3012%11%47%24%100%
Media Studies2510%4%20%20%72%
Fine Art239%9%30%28%78%
Citizenship Studies218%3%14%19%71%
Art and Design145%7%7%24%93%
Textiles135%2%15%27%69%
Music114%5%0%33%64%
Polish31%1%84%
Arabic10%1%47%
German10%5%33%
Chinese10%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies52
Childcare Skills45
Sports / Movement Science29
Computer Appreciation / Introduction24

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.