Cheltenham Ladies' College
Other independent school · Girls · Gloucestershire
Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, GL50 3EP
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
814
Capacity used
Nearly full93%
880 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Eve Jardine-Young
- Address
- Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, GL50 3EP
- Phone
- 01242520691
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Lansdown · Cheltenham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 115798
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 5% | — | — |
814 pupils · 880 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 77.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 94% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 96% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.87 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 48.94 | — | — |
Average grade: A (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 78.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 93.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 96.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 66.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.13 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 142 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 48.56 | 35 |
| Average grade | A | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 60% | 17% |
| A-level students | 137 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 138 | 78% | 96% | 99% | |
| Mathematics | 137 | 82% | 98% | 100% | |
| English Literature | 137 | 85% | 96% | 100% | |
| Biology | 134 | 87% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 129 | 92% | 98% | 99% | |
| Physics | 117 | 84% | 98% | 100% | |
| Geography | 86 | 91% | 97% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 70 | 89% | 97% | 99% | |
| French | 68 | 96% | 99% | 100% | |
| History | 67 | 87% | 96% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 56 | 86% | 96% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 39 | 97% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 79 | 49% | 78% | 86% | |
| Chemistry | 53 | 38% | 72% | 89% | |
| Biology | 50 | 36% | 68% | 82% | |
| Economics | 43 | 16% | 67% | 84% | |
| Geography | 29 | 45% | 86% | 97% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 29 | 34% | 69% | 93% | |
| Psychology | 27 | 44% | 74% | 85% | |
| Physics | 24 | 46% | 63% | 79% | |
| History | 20 | 10% | 45% | 75% | |
| English Literature | 19 | 21% | 53% | 89% | |
| Fine Art | 14 | 64% | 79% | 86% | |
| Religious Studies | 12 | 0% | 58% | 92% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #32 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10909: Cheltenham Ladies' College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 42 |
| Offers | 15 |
| Success rate | 36% |
| Accepted offers | 11 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.