Cleeve School
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Academy converter in Cheltenham, GL52 8AE, taking ages 11 to 18, 1,903 on roll.
Will an address get in?
In the 2024/25 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Cleeve School lived 6.15 miles away, according to Gloucestershire. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close on 31 October 2026, with offers on 1 March 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.
The circle is 6.15 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| How full | 1,903 pupils in 1,575 places (121% full, over capacity) |
| Trust | CLEEVE SCHOOL |
| Local authority | Gloucestershire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Attainment 8 | 49.9 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | +0.22 |
| 2022/23 | +0.17 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Cleeve School
| Girls and boys | 49.0% girls, 51.0% boys |
| English as an additional language | 10.1% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 18.8% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Cleeve School's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 58.0% |
| Sixth-form college | 1.3% |
| Further education college | 21.6% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.1% |
| Employment | 3.5% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 6.5% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of Cleeve School
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 6.15 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is GL20 at £299,000; the dearest, GL53, £565,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL20 | Tewkesbury | 5.3 mi | £299,000 66 sales |
| GL51 | Cheltenham | 3.8 mi | £315,000 52 sales |
| GL52 | Cheltenham | 1.5 mi | £405,000 121 sales |
| GL53 | Cheltenham | 4.3 mi | £565,000 85 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Cleeve School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around GL52: ages, selection, and how full each one is →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for Cleeve School?
Cleeve School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 6.15 miles away, per Gloucestershire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Cleeve School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 6.15 miles was enough in 2024/25, and at 121% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Cleeve School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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Admission distance published by Gloucestershire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.