Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham

In 2026, pupils at Pate's Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 82.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 51.2 in Gloucestershire and 47 across England.

99% 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 82.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.01: 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.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Pate's Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 213 families put Pate's Grammar School as their first choice and 300 named it as one of their preferences, for 146 places offered. That is 1.5 first choices for every place. 67 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Pate's Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Pate's Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Gloucestershire's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Gloucestershire has 7 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Pate's Grammar School are All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.7); Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.6); The High School Leckhampton (2.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 59.7); and Pittville School (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.2).

Pate's Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 149 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 99% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 1% to a further education college.

Of the 244 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 73% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 14% into work. 73% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 29.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (37%), White British (34%) and Mixed (14%).

In 2026, 101 pupils (7.8%) received SEN support and 4 (0.3%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Cheltenham Spa Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pates Grammar (outside), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Pate's Grammar School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Pate's Grammar School issued 35 suspensions, 2.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Pate's Grammar School are St Thomas More Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Hesters Way Primary School (0.3 miles), Springbank Primary Academy (0.4 miles) and Rowanfield Infant School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.