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State secondary · 11 to 18 · Mixed · 1,280 pupils

Rednock School

Kingshill Road, Dursley, GL11 4BY · Gloucestershire
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

In 2026 offers reached 4.46 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Gloucestershire County Council offer-day figures, 2024 to 2026.

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Ofsted: Good · November 2023(25/40)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 1,854th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(25/40)Rank among 40 Gloucestershire secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Gloucestershire league table →
Inspection
Good, November 2023
Results
+0.01 progress 8; 44.8 attainment 8
Size
1,280 pupils; 221 places a year; classes of 21
Run by
Gloucestershire council
Type
Foundation school
Ages
11 to 18 · Mixed
Ofsted, November 2023The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: +0.01, against +0.22 in Gloucestershire.
  • Attainment 8: 44.8, against 51.2 in Gloucestershire.
  • English and maths, grade 5+: 43%, against 54% in Gloucestershire.
  • Sessions missed: 10.1%, against 8.2% in Gloucestershire.
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At a glance

Against Gloucestershire and England
This schoolGloucestershireEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+0.01
Worse than Gloucestershire
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
44.8
Worse than Gloucestershire
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
43%
Worse than Gloucestershire
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
10.1%
Worse than Gloucestershire
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
27.1%
Worse than Gloucestershire
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
18.0
Worse than Gloucestershire
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
21.4
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
20%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
18.0
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
In line with Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 207 families put it first for 221 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 21 November 2023
  • Progress 8: +0.01 (England +0.01) (county +0.22) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 44.8 (England 47.4) (county 51.2) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 43% (England 48%) (county 54%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: average DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024

Daily life

  • Absence: 10% of sessions missed; 27% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 8.5% and 24% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 18 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 17); 3 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 21.4 pupils; 16% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 18.0 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 57 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 12 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 3 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 6.1 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.9 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Foundation school is run by its local council (Gloucestershire), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026240226240——
Year 72025235257235—4.46
Year 72024235219235——

Source: Council offer-day figures: Gloucestershire County Council, 2024 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026221207316207
Year 72025216231353210
Year 72024220207290207
Year 72023227229316220
Year 72022232220319219
Year 72021234200347192
Year 72020224210314210
Year 72019233224332212
Year 72018203170260170
Year 72017221209309209

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+0.01+0.01+0.222023/2024
Attainment 844.847.451.22025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above43%48%54%2025/2026
Average A level gradeC+——2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)(25/40)
A level (16 to 18)(19/28)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
21 November 2023Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2023.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2421393%In education 84%; Apprenticeship 7.5%; Employment 1.9%
After GCSEs2022/2319895%In education 83%; Apprenticeship 7.6%; Employment 4.0%
After GCSEs2021/2220194%In education 86%; Apprenticeship 3.5%; Employment 4.0%
After sixth form2023/247690%Further education 1.3%; Apprenticeship 20%; Employment 37%
After sixth form2022/237680%Further education 2.6%; Apprenticeship 20%; Employment 30%
After sixth form2021/227285%Further education 8.3%; Apprenticeship 15%; Employment 39%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Gloucestershire league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/2510%8.2%1.9%27%5.4%
2023/249.8%8.0%1.8%27%4.2%
2022/2311%8.1%2.4%31%4.2%
Schools with a similar intake8.5%24%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (20-30%), the median of 896 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2518.04.5%2223
2023/2413.44.1%1662
2022/2313.05.0%1631
Schools with a similar intake16.8

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size21.42025/26
Classes over 30 pupils16%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher18.0November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus57

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20251
20242
20234
20223
20212

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 0 involved a pedestrian, 4 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO26.12024
PM109.62024
PM255.92024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals20%2025/26
First language other than English3.9%2025/26
SEN support17%2025/26
Education, health and care plan4.5%2025/26
Girls50%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Foundation school is run by its local council (Gloucestershire), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Gloucestershire County Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Dursley and the Gloucestershire league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.