The Crypt School, Gloucester

In 2026, pupils at The Crypt School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 73.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 51.2 in Gloucestershire and 47 across England.

95% 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 72.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.6: 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 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Chemistry, Biology and Physics.

The Crypt 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, 158 families put The Crypt School as their first choice and 731 named it as one of their preferences, for 147 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 52 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The Crypt 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, The Crypt 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 The Crypt School are Ribston Hall High School (0.6 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 67.6); St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.9); Holmleigh Park High School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.5); and Gloucester Academy (1.3 miles, Attainment 8 41.5).

The Crypt School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 152 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 97% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 8% to a further education college.

Of the 167 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 57% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 26% into work. 44% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

4.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 88 pupils (8%) received SEN support and 7 (0.6%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Gloucester Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crypt School (before), 320 metres away.

In 2024/25, The Crypt School issued 24 suspensions, 2.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Crypt School are Grange Primary Academy (0.5 miles), Calton Primary School (0.6 miles), Linden Primary School (0.7 miles) and Harewood Junior School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.