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Paternoster School

Mixed · ages 2–17 · no sixth formGloucestershire, South West · Cirencester GL7 1JRTrust: Sand Academies TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
66of 60 places
Free school meals
37.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
7
Ofsted
Good, 18 October 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Paternoster School (URN 115824, until 31 May 2019).

What the data says

Paternoster School has no sixth form. Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 50% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

17% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 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.

As an 11–16 school, Paternoster 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.

Paternoster School
Gloucestershire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasurePaternoster SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Pupils in the cohort126,782607,348
Any sustained destination83%93%92%
Stayed in education83%85%86%
— school sixth form0%46%34%
— sixth form college0%11%13%
— further education college50%26%37%
— other education33%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment0%4%3%
No sustained destination17%5%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

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

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.