Secondary
Ribston Hall High School
Stroud Road, Gloucester, GL1 5LE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 939 of 1000 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.0
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- RIBSTON HALL HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 58.5
- Pupils per adult
- 14.9
- Pupils
- 872
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 May 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
91%
29 points above the Gloucester average (62% across 11 schools)
67.7
12.6 above the Gloucester average (55.1 across 11 schools)
4th 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 | 67.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 6.03 |
| Entered the EBacc | 37% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 98% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 91% |
| A level average points per entry | 34.66 |
| A level students | 51 |
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 | 97% |
| 22/23 | 88% |
| 23/24 | 87% |
| 24/25 | 91% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.2 |
| 22/23 | 35.2 |
| 23/24 | 32.4 |
| 24/25 | 34.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.45 |
| 22/23 | +0.11 |
| 23/24 | +0.24 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 69.6 |
| 22/23 | 62.6 |
| 23/24 | 64.8 |
| 24/25 | 67.7 |
Stroud Road, Gloucester, GL1 5LE
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
- Alec Waters
- Address
- Stroud Road, Gloucester, GL1 5LE
- Telephone
- 01452382249