Five Acres High School
Five Acres, Coleford, GL16 7QW
786 pupils · 90% of 877 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Free school meals
- 28.4%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 February 2022, published 3 April 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 54.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 75.5% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 49.7% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.92 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 130 | 120 | 202 | 125 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 135 | 132 | 209 | 133 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 168 | 159 | 245 | 166 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 158 | 141 | 223 | 155 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 175 | 173 | 263 | 175 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 174 | 146 | 247 | 171 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 165 | 147 | 232 | 159 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 139 | 126 | 203 | 137 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- SGS Forest High School 8.3 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Dene Magna and Sixth Form 10.3 km · No overall grade (2024)
- The Dean Academy 10.9 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy 13 km · No overall grade (2024)
- SGS Berkeley Green UTC 15.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre 18.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.