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Girls selective secondary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Ribston Hall High School

Stroud Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 5LE

Selective Sixth form Girls
School website 01452382249

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 12 May 2026.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

67.7 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

91% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

98% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

6 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

37% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top 5% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.24confidence interval 0.01 to 0.47

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C+
Average points per entry
34.7

England average 32.3

A level students
51

Pupils

Pupils on roll
939
Places
1000
How full
94% full — 939 of 1000 places taken
Girls / boys
930 / 9
Overall absence
5%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
12%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
8%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
13%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
0%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
6%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
97%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
94%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
2%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
69%
No sustained destination
3%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
123

After sixth form

Went to university
65%

England 50%

In education, work or training
94%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
7%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
89

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

26% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
72%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
65

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Gloucester 008E, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
19%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
31%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
50%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
28%

England 17%

Households with no car
32%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
39%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Selective (entrance test)
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
RIBSTON HALL HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Alec Waters
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Ward
Moreland
Constituency
Gloucester
URN
136767

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
The Crypt SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 72.7 0.6 mi
Gloucester AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 36.6 1 mi
Al-Ashraf Secondary School for GirlsOther independent school No grade 1.1 mi
St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreAcademy converter No grade 44.1 1.2 mi
Holmleigh Park High SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 41.8 1.5 mi
The King's School, GloucesterOther independent school No grade 1.5 mi
Edward Jenner SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.5 mi
Barnwood Park SchoolAcademy converter No grade 1.6 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Dame Alice Owen's SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 72.9
The Misbourne SchoolAcademy converter No grade 50.8
Westcliff High School for Boys AcademyAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 77.6
Southend High School for BoysAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 73.8
Skipton Girls' High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 69.7
Carre's Grammar SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 58
St Bede's Catholic CollegeAcademy converter No grade 57.1
The Skinners' SchoolAcademy converter No grade 70.8

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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