The High School Leckhampton, Cheltenham

Overview

The High School Leckhampton is a state-funded school (free schools) in Cheltenham, South West, for pupils aged 11–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Free schools
Establishment group: Free Schools
Phase of education: Secondary
Age range: Ages 11–16
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: No
School capacity: 900
Pupils on roll: 759
URN: 148563

Admissions

Admissions policy: Non-selective
Local authority: Gloucestershire
Academy trust or group: THE BALCARRAS TRUST

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School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date: 900
Pupils on roll: 578
Unfilled places at survey date: 322

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Year 7

First preferences: 237
Total preferences: 852
Offers made: 164

First preferences compared with offers

1.45 first preferences per offer

237 first preferences and 164 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	237	852	164
2025/26	235	829	172
2024/25	234	781	170
2023/24	185	615	147
2022/23	162	514	117

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 20 February 2024 · Published 17 April 2024

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding
Safeguarding was effective: Yes

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Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

Location

Address: Farm Lane, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, GL51 3FS
Local authority: Gloucestershire
Area: Schools in Cheltenham

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