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Barnwood Park School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formGloucestershire, South West · Gloucester GL4 3QUTrust: Greenshaw Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
909of 900 places
Free school meals
36.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
175
Ofsted
Not yet inspected under this URN

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Barnwood Park School (URN 115720, until 1 January 2025).

What the data says

Barnwood Park School has no sixth form. Of the 146 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 8% moved to a sixth form college, 51% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.

Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.1 against 46.1 across England and 50.3 in Gloucestershire, with 36% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, Barnwood Park 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.

Barnwood Park School
Gloucestershire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureBarnwood Park SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1466,782607,348
Any sustained destination89%93%92%
Stayed in education76%85%86%
— school sixth form18%46%34%
— sixth form college8%11%13%
— further education college51%26%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship6%4%3%
Employment7%4%3%
No sustained destination8%5%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureBarnwood Park SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)41.150.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%71%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects15%31%41%
EBacc average point score3.404.404.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort27%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.734.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.054.050.4
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
English Language17399%89%10%20%64%
Mathematics17399%88%9%22%64%
Statistics17298%5%7%20%49%
Combined Science16896%65%10%9%61%
English Literature16695%86%13%21%69%
Geography6437%41%17%25%59%
Food Preparation and Nutrition5230%8%10%21%35%
History4325%41%2%26%47%
Design and Technology3621%11%14%23%42%
Photography3621%6%11%19%69%
Fine Art3520%9%23%28%74%
Business Studies2514%18%0%20%28%
Computer Science2514%13%8%30%16%
Spanish2313%19%22%27%70%
French1911%18%26%29%84%
Textiles159%2%33%27%100%
Physical Education159%11%60%24%100%
Music116%5%0%33%18%
Drama95%7%0%27%89%
Physics32%23%46%
Chemistry21%23%47%
Biology21%23%45%
Russian11%0%87%
Arabic11%1%47%
Polish11%1%84%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Childcare Skills42
Sports Studies15
Dance: General12

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

Chosen Hill School

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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.6

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.