All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,100 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.5
Academy sponsor led
Five Acres High School
- Pupils on roll
- 786of 877 places
- Free school meals
- 28.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 143
- Ofsted
- Report card, 2 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing ExceptionalInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Lakers School (URN 115774, until 10 January 2017).
What the data says
Five Acres High School has no sixth form. Of the 139 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 4% moved to a sixth form college, 47% to a further education college and 12% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 12% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 62% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.8 against 46.1 across England and 50.3 in Gloucestershire, with 55% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Five Acres High School | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 139 | 6,782 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 66% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 15% | 46% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 4% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 47% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 12% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 9% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Five Acres High School | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.8 | 50.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 71% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 50% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.80 | 4.40 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 26% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 42.7 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.9 | 54.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 141 | 99% | 88% | 28% | 22% | 79% |
| English Language | 141 | 99% | 89% | 24% | 20% | 77% |
| English Literature | 140 | 98% | 86% | 30% | 21% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 113 | 79% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 64% |
| History | 106 | 74% | 41% | 36% | 26% | 78% |
| Geography | 95 | 66% | 41% | 23% | 25% | 66% |
| Statistics | 89 | 62% | 5% | 6% | 20% | 88% |
| Spanish | 45 | 31% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 69% |
| Business Studies | 44 | 31% | 18% | 23% | 20% | 64% |
| Design and Technology | 37 | 26% | 11% | 5% | 23% | 51% |
| Fine Art | 33 | 23% | 9% | 6% | 28% | 73% |
| Physical Education | 32 | 22% | 11% | 28% | 24% | 69% |
| Biology | 28 | 20% | 23% | 50% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 20% | 23% | 68% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 28 | 20% | 23% | 82% | 46% | 100% |
| French | 26 | 18% | 18% | 77% | 29% | 100% |
| Photography | 22 | 15% | 6% | 5% | 19% | 73% |
| Computer Science | 21 | 15% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 33% |
| Economics | 20 | 14% | 1% | 25% | 34% | 75% |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 6% | 31% | 38% | 32% | 88% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 13 | — | — |
| Finance / Accounting (General) | 8 | — | — |
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.