Secondary
Sir Thomas Rich's School
Oakleaze, Gloucester, GL2 0LF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1240 of 1150 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- SIR THOMAS RICH'S SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 87.7
- Pupils per adult
- 14.5
- Pupils
- 1,268
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2025
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Sixth formStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
October 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
GCSE results
99%
37 points above the Gloucester average (62% across 11 schools)
77.2
22.1 above the Gloucester average (55.1 across 11 schools)
2nd of 11 by our score, among the secondary schools in Gloucester we can score - 13 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 77.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 6.87 |
| Entered the EBacc | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99% |
| A level average points per entry | 44.05 |
| A level students | 234 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 98% |
| 22/23 | 99% |
| 23/24 | 99% |
| 24/25 | 99% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.5 |
| 22/23 | 44.3 |
| 23/24 | 44.3 |
| 24/25 | 44.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.87 |
| 22/23 | +0.84 |
| 23/24 | +0.91 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 80.1 |
| 22/23 | 75.3 |
| 23/24 | 76.9 |
| 24/25 | 77.2 |
Oakleaze, Gloucester, GL2 0LF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Gloucestershire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Matthew Lynch
- Address
- Oakleaze, Gloucester, GL2 0LF
- Telephone
- 01452338400