Gloucestershire College, Gloucester
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 9 months agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Gloucestershire College excels at preparing learners for real careers through strong employer partnerships and relevant work experience. The college is particularly impressive in supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged learners, including care-experienced young people who thrive in their learning. Teachers bring their expertise to life through practical, engaging lessons such as restaurant service sessions in cookery and placement-based learning in early years.
Key Strengths
- Strong partnerships with employers and involvement in skills boards ensuring curriculum meets labour market needs
- Excellent support for disadvantaged and vulnerable learners, including care-experienced learners who thrive at the college
- Ambitious technical and vocational programmes in high-demand sectors such as construction, digital, and engineering
- Effective teaching strategies that bring subjects to life and help learners develop employability skills
- Positive professional culture with strong staff development and workload monitoring
Areas for Improvement
- Data analysis on learner progress is not yet consistent across all groups to improve services
- Attendance at GCSE English and mathematics sessions is typically lower than attendance at vocational sessions
- Proportion of learners achieving grade 4 or above in GCSEs remains low, though most make at least one grade of progress
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met. The college has created an open and positive culture of safeguarding where leaders fulfil their responsibilities, concerns are actively identified and managed, and learners feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Work experience placements, community volunteering, supported internships, restaurant service sessions
Gloucestershire College has been judged as meeting expected standards across inclusion, leadership, governance, and education programmes for both young people and adults. The college demonstrates strong engagement with employers and stakeholders to deliver skills-focused training that meets regional demands.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Sixth Form Performance (A-Level)
A-Level Results
c
Average grade
c
Best 3 A-Levels
z
Value added
4
A-Level students
2024/25 academic year
A-Level Subjects Offered
2024/25 academic year - entries by number of students
After A-Levels - Leaver Destinations
After A-Levels (Year 13) - 1,305 students
202223 data
University & Higher Education Destinations
2%
Top-third university
23%
Degree course
33%
Any L4+ destination
2%
Apprenticeships
Based on 518 students completing 16-18 study
2021/22 cohort - "Top-third" = most selective third of UK universities by student intake
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Gloucester
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Admissions Demand - Gloucestershire
Places available
7,972
Applications
6,678
Got 1st preference
84.6%
Got preferred school
96.6%
Secondary admissions across Gloucestershire (2025/26)
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