All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,100 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.5
Academy sponsor led
SGS Forest High School
- Pupils on roll
- 255of 450 places
- Free school meals
- 36.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 45
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 20 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Heywood Community School (URN 115776, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
Of the 59 pupils who finished Year 11 at SGS Forest High School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 58% to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 10% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 35.6 against 46.1 across England and 50.3 in Gloucestershire, with 33% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 53% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils 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 | SGS Forest High School | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 59 | 6,782 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 15% | 46% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 58% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | SGS Forest High School | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.6 | 50.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42% | 71% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 27% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.09 | 4.40 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 36% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.2 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 36.9 | 54.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 20% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 44 | 98% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 55% |
| Mathematics | 44 | 98% | 88% | 5% | 22% | 50% |
| Combined Science | 44 | 98% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 57% |
| English Language | 44 | 98% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 55% |
| Sociology | 24 | 53% | 4% | 0% | 21% | 42% |
| Geography | 20 | 44% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 20% |
| History | 19 | 42% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 42% |
| Spanish | 17 | 38% | 19% | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| Computer Science | 11 | 24% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 0% |
| Fine Art | 10 | 22% | 9% | 20% | 28% | 40% |
| Music | 3 | 7% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 2% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 14 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 12 | — | — |
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.