Welcome
The Cotswold School, which achieved Academy status in September 2010, is a popular, happy and successful 11-18 school set in beautiful rural surroundings between Cheltenham and Oxford. We serve the northern Cotswold area of Gloucestershire but our excellent reputation for academic success attracts students from the surrounding counties of Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
There are about 1200 students in the school including over 250 in the sixth form.
It has earned an excellent reputation locally and nationally, always appearing in lists of top state schools at GCSE and A Level. The most recent Ofsted inspection judged the school to be Outstanding in every single category, concluding that this is a “truly exceptional school”.
At the heart of the school, inspectors observed “a blazing passion to ensure every student is able to be the best they can”. This passion shapes the very highest expectations of the 950 boys and girls in the main school and 250 in the Sixth Form and builds an academic excellence that consistently ranks amongst the top comprehensive schools in national league tables. At A-Level A*/B rates exceed 60% and A*-C rates exceed 80% whilst at GCSE in 2011 over one third of all entries were at the top A*/A grades with 91% of students achieving 5-15 A*-C grades.
“Inspiring teaching”, an “outstanding curriculum”, “exemplary behaviour” and “very positive relationships” are all identified as the ingredients that make The Cotswold School such an enjoyable and exciting place to learn. As a specialist Language and Science College, a new Outstanding Academy and with state-of-the-art facilities in such a beautiful rural location, The Cotswold School is a unique blend of innovation and traditional values.
Over the past 15 years the school has won well over £10 million of capital investment which has included the construction of a Sixth Form Centre, Astro turf, tennis courts and a Sports Hall, a new English Block, Science Laboratories, a Music Centre, Design rooms and the commencement of the 10 classroom Mathematics department - in total this equates to 35 classrooms!
Latest Announcements
Information about Gloucestershire Launchpad pre 16 courses can be found here and the Options Brochure can be found here.
The Cotswold School is delighted to have already secured 5 Oxbridge places for students reading Chemistry, Engineering, Computer Science, Geography and Classics; and a further place to read Medicine at King’s College, London. Read more here.
CONGRATULATIONS to The Cotswold School U16 Rugby team who saw off a
worthy Burford side at Stow RFC on Saturday 24th March and won the District
Floodlit Cup Final (final score: 15-7). Our thanks to all the supporters who
came and most especially to Mr Thomas and Mr Jones for their fantastic
coaching!
CONGRATULATIONS to our Mathematicians! Beth O'Brien, Tom Panter, Theo Godfrey
and Julie Lin competed against 29 teams in the 'The Team Maths Challenge' held
at Wickcliffe College. The Cotswold School mathletes placed a fantastic 3rd -
beating local grammars and independent schools (including Pates, Cheltenham
Ladies' College and Balcarras) and scroring as the TOP comprehensive! A big
'thank you' to a Mr Goold for all his support.
Information about taking a holiday in term time can be viewed here (from Gloucestershire County Council)
The Year 11 Information Booklet can be viewed here and the presentation from the Information Evening can be found here.
The latest CSA letter (September 2011) can be viewed here.
The letter sent home on 1st July 2011, regarding mobile phones in school, can be viewed here. |
