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Denmark Road High School

Selective

National rank

182

Rank last year

59.2^%

A-level

65.4^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Claire Giblin

Attendance 95.5%

Gender of entry Girls

Send pupils* 12.9% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 975

Pupils on free school meals 5.7%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

8.8

23.7

26.7

A*/A

32.5

A*-B

59.2

Grade

9/8

42.5

22.9

9/8/7

65.4

What the school inspection says

“Pupils enjoy a rich, stimulating and ambitious curriculum. They encounter a diverse range of voices and perspectives. Pupils work hard, strive for and achieve success. In lessons, it is typical to see pupils deeply engaged in scholarly discussion. Teachers get to know pupils and their aspirations well. Most pupils thrive within the school’s culture of high expectation. While some pupils experience this as pressure, demand across the curriculum is appropriate … Pupils have shared with leaders their experiences of discriminatory behaviour. Leaders have listened and worked with pupils and staff to address this. Pupils from minority ethnic groups feel included in the school now more than ever.”

Inspection

2021

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

Established in 1883, Denmark Road is a girls’ grammar school with a coeducational sixth form. In 2021 Ofsted rated it as good.
Sixth formers access the Discover+ scheme which offers a range of subjects for study “beyond the constraints of exam specifications”, including British Sign Language, fashion illustration and games development. The Extended Project Qualification is also offered as part of the 3+1 model for sixth form subject choices.
The school is partnered with New College, Oxford and pupils can access the Step Up programme which is focussed on improving the success of applications to Oxford and Cambridge.
In 2024 83 per cent of sixth form leavers went to university, and 56 per cent of those to Russell Group institutions.

reception@denmarkroad.org

Telephone

01452 543 335

Website

denmarkroad.org

Address

Denmark Road, Gloucester, GL1 3JN

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