England · Grammar school
Ribston Hall High School
Gloucester · Girls only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136767)
Overview
- Address
- Stroud Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 5LE
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 939
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Eligible for free school meals
- 7.5%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Ribston Hall High School Academy Trust
- 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
- No catchment area. After children in care, 30 places go to pupil premium girls (those living in GL1 to GL4 first), including girls ranked up to 100 places below the standard. All other places go in test rank order.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: Apart from the pupil premium places, where a girl lives only matters to split equal results. In 2026 the last girl offered was ranked 619.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 564 applicants named this school (152 as their first choice) for 149 places. 58 of 149 offers went to children living outside Gloucestershire.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Gloucestershire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 149 | 564 | 152 | 1.0 | 58 |
| Sept 2025 | 148 | 461 | 93 | 0.6 | 44 |
| Sept 2024 | 150 | 475 | 138 | 0.9 | 25 |
| Sept 2023 | 147 | 449 | 166 | 1.1 | 18 |
| Sept 2022 | 128 | 412 | 128 | 1.0 | 17 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Gloucestershire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 148 | 664 | 119 | 0.8 | 10 |
| Sept 2020 | 148 | 459 | 181 | 1.2 | 23 |
| Sept 2019 | 149 | 472 | 172 | 1.2 | 9 |
| Sept 2018 | 120 | 431 | 156 | 1.3 | 8 |
| Sept 2017 | 120 | 439 | 150 | 1.3 | 11 |
| Sept 2016 | 120 | 437 | 189 | 1.6 | 5 |
| Sept 2015 | 111 | 425 | 136 | 1.2 | 7 |
| Sept 2014 | 114 | 435 | 183 | 1.6 | 9 |
"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) (gloucestershire.gov.uk), 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 June 2011
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 12 May 2026. Read the report ↗
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post 16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.
Inspection history (6)
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). | 67.6 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 91.2% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 39.9% | 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: 64.8 (2023/24) → 67.7 (2024/25) → 67.6 (2025/26).
148 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
- GL1 5LE
- Map location
- 51.84623, -2.24352
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01452382249
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.ribstonhall.gloucs.sch.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136767) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026