Academy · Gloucestershire

Denmark Road High School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Gloucestershire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

2026/27

2027/28

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Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 190 families put this school as their first choice, and 147 places were offered. 135 of the families who put it first got a place (71%). More families put it first than there were places.

EntryPlaces offeredPut it firstGot their first choice
September 202614719071%
September 202514822261%
September 202414419065%

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

11+ entrance test

This school uses Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Entrance Test, a shared test used by 6 other schools. Your child sits one test, and the result is shared with every school in the group that you apply to.

How shared 11+ tests work

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 24 February 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Sixth form
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 13 October 2021. Overall: Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type
Academy
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11–18
Pupils
1024 (capacity 990)
Gender
Girls
Academy trust
DENMARK ROAD HIGH SCHOOL
Admissions
Selective (entrance test)
Phone
01452543335
Address
Denmark Road, Gloucester, GL1 3JN
Website
denmarkroad.org

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