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Thomas Keble School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formGloucestershire, South West · Stroud GL6 7DYTrust: Thomas Keble SchoolSchool website
Pupils on roll
718of 710 places
Free school meals
17.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
135
Ofsted
School remains Good, 4 July 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Thomas Keble School (URN 115727, until 1 August 2011).

What the data says

Thomas Keble School has no sixth form. Of the 117 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 65% moved to a sixth form college, 21% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 65% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% 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 47.6 against 46.1 across England and 50.3 in Gloucestershire, with 53% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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.

Thomas Keble School
Gloucestershire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThomas Keble SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1176,782607,348
Any sustained destination94%93%92%
Stayed in education91%85%86%
— school sixth form6%46%34%
— sixth form college65%11%13%
— further education college21%26%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment3%4%3%
No sustained destination5%5%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThomas Keble SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)47.650.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths53%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%71%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects28%31%41%
EBacc average point score4.154.404.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort17%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils38.234.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.554.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language4%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
Mathematics13399%88%14%22%82%
English Language13298%89%14%20%78%
English Literature12996%86%10%21%78%
Combined Science10880%65%6%9%76%
Geography7858%41%22%25%76%
Citizenship Studies7354%3%11%19%75%
Spanish4130%19%27%27%76%
History4130%41%27%26%80%
Art and Design3727%7%22%24%86%
Design and Technology3627%11%28%23%89%
Physical Education3526%11%0%24%77%
Physics2418%23%42%46%96%
Chemistry2317%23%43%47%100%
Biology2317%23%57%45%100%
Music2216%5%18%33%59%
Religious Studies2216%31%9%32%73%
Drama2116%7%10%27%67%
Food Preparation and Nutrition1914%8%21%21%89%
Computer Science1813%13%6%30%39%
French97%18%33%29%89%
Textiles97%2%44%27%78%
Statistics75%5%0%20%100%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports / Movement Science19
Computer Appreciation / Introduction16
Hospitality / Catering Studies11

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.