Henley Bank High School, Gloucester

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a proud member of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a 'family' of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 26 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Henley Bank High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 51.2 in Gloucestershire and 47 across England.

51% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Gloucestershire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 49.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.64: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.8, against 54.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 148 families put Henley Bank High School as their first choice and 511 named it as one of their preferences, for 185 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Henley Bank High School are Chosen Hill School (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.1); Churchdown School (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53.3); Barnwood Park School (2.7 miles, Attainment 8 43.4); and Sir Thomas Rich's School (3 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 75.2).

Henley Bank High School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Henley Bank High School is one of 39 schools run by Greenshaw Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48 in 2024/25.

Of the 148 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 41% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

6.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (64%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 190 pupils (20.7%) received SEN support and 58 (6.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Henley Bank High School.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pheonix Close (after), 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, Henley Bank High School issued 237 suspensions, 27.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Henley Bank High School are Lift Brockworth (0.3 miles), Castle Hill Primary School (0.5 miles), Coopers Edge School (1.5 miles) and Shurdington Church of England Primary School (1.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.