England · Grammar school
Pate's Grammar School
Cheltenham · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136353)
Overview
- Address
- Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 0HG
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,288
- Capacity
- 1,220
- Eligible for free school meals
- 5.7%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area14% of Year 7 places offered in Gloucestershire for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- For September 2027 entry, after looked-after children and up to 15 priority places for disadvantaged children, places go by rank until 105 places in total are filled by children living in Gloucestershire or in a GL postcode (GL1 to GL56).Postcode areas: GL1, GL2, GL3, GL4, GL5, GL6, GL7, GL8, GL9, GL10, GL11, GL12, GL13, GL14, GL15, GL16, GL17, GL18, GL19, GL20, GL21, GL22, GL23, GL24, GL25, GL26, GL27, GL28, GL29, GL30, GL31, GL32, GL33, GL34, GL35, GL36, GL37, GL38, GL39, GL40, GL41, GL42, GL43, GL44, GL45, GL46, GL47, GL48, GL49, GL50, GL51, GL52, GL53, GL54, GL55, GL56
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2027 entry, at least 45 places are kept for the highest-ranked qualifying children with a home postcode anywhere in the UK.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 300 applicants named this school (213 as their first choice) for 146 places. 44 of 146 offers went to children living outside Gloucestershire.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Gloucestershire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 146 | 300 | 213 | 1.5 | 44 |
| Sept 2025 | 146 | 319 | 216 | 1.5 | 72 |
| Sept 2024 | 145 | 314 | 205 | 1.4 | 87 |
| Sept 2023 | 150 | 305 | 204 | 1.4 | 80 |
| Sept 2022 | 148 | 296 | 211 | 1.4 | 72 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Gloucestershire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 147 | 841 | 569 | 3.9 | 54 |
| Sept 2020 | 148 | 255 | 190 | 1.3 | 48 |
| Sept 2019 | 147 | 276 | 187 | 1.3 | 54 |
| Sept 2018 | 148 | 275 | 197 | 1.3 | 35 |
| Sept 2017 | 144 | 222 | 163 | 1.1 | 44 |
| Sept 2016 | 146 | 267 | 189 | 1.3 | 33 |
| Sept 2015 | 118 | 239 | 178 | 1.5 | 19 |
| Sept 2014 | 120 | 231 | 168 | 1.4 | 28 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Gloucestershire" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (patesgs.org), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates for September 2027 entry
- Test registration (Gloucestershire grammar schools)
- 18 May 2026 to 26 June 2026
- Test date
- 12 September 2026Opens and closes at noon. Results expected mid-October 2026 (no exact date found). Crypt School says a late test is held January 2027 for anyone who missed the deadline; other sources say no late registrations. Confirm with schools.
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 December 2010
Unverified: test dates come from desk research (medium confidence). Confirm them with the council or test organiser. Sources: cryptschool.org, leadingtuition.co.uk.
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Guide to the Gloucestershire grammar schools and its schools · How applying works
Source: Test dates research (cited public sources) (cryptschool.org), last checked 1 November 2026 · Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 5 March 2024: overall Outstanding. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Inspection history (4)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 82.4 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99.3% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 84.7% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99.3% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 83.7 (2023/24) → 82.7 (2024/25) → 82.4 (2025/26).
150 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- GL51 0HG
- Map location
- 51.90662, -2.11636
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01242523169
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.patesgs.org
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136353) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026