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Secondary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire

St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre

Stroud Road, Tuffley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 0DD

Sixth form Roman Catholic
School website 01452520594

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 3 March 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

44.1 England 47

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

Grade 5+ in English & maths

43% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

64% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.7 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

10% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the lower half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.09confidence interval -0.27 to 0.10

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as 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
26.5

England average 32.3

A level students
114

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1545
Places
1685
How full
92% full — 1545 of 1685 places taken
Girls / boys
726 / 819
Overall absence
9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
26%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years
25%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
21%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
8%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
94%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
86%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
5%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
51%
No sustained destination
5%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
237

After sixth form

Went to university
38%

England 50%

In education, work or training
91%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
13%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
149

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

10% 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
51%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
137

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 012C, 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
26%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
19%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
79%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
12%

England 17%

Households with no car
16%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
40%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
ST PETER'S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL & SIXTH FORM CENTRE
Headteacher
Principal: Kevin McDermott
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Ward
Tuffley
Constituency
Gloucester
URN
136982

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Holmleigh Park High SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 41.8 0.7 mi
The Crypt SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 72.7 0.8 mi
Ribston Hall High SchoolAcademy converter No grade 67.7 1.2 mi
Gloucester AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 36.6 1.5 mi
Severn Vale SchoolAcademy converter No grade 43.7 1.8 mi
Al-Ashraf Secondary School for GirlsOther independent school No grade 2.3 mi
Barnwood Park SchoolAcademy converter No grade 2.5 mi
The King's School, GloucesterOther independent school No grade 2.7 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
Helsby High SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 47.1
Saltash Community SchoolAcademy converter No grade 42.9
Parkside AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 46.9
Wayland AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 52
Gosford Hill SchoolAcademy converter No grade 45.3
Redhill SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 47.8
Eden Boys' School, BoltonFree schools Outstanding 2023 53
Leigh UTC DartfordUniversity technical college Good 2022 44.4

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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