Southwest Comprehensive of the Year 2023
The Cotswold School is delighted to announce that it has been named Southwest Comprehensive School of the Year in the 30th edition of Parent Power, The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2023.
The award, announced in The Sunday Times Parent Power Supplement, is published annually and identifies the highest-achieving schools in the UK, ranked by their examination results from 2021/2022. The tables are based on the percentage of A-Level results at A*-B and GCSE’s at 9-7.
Three quarters of the A-Level grades collectively achieved by our 410 students were at A*, A or B. Just over half of all grades were either A* or A, and 94% were at A*to C. In GCSEs, 41% of grades achieved were at 9-7 with 83% of students achieved the benchmark of five or more 9-4 grades, including Mathematics and English.
We have always featured strongly over the years, achieving the accolade of Comprehensive School of the Year for 2015/16, but to be the top performing comprehensive in the southwest, and to feature as one of the very best schools in the UK this year, is an incredible achievement for all involved in our school.
As a school, our ethos is to provide exceptional teaching for every student where they can thrive, academically and socially, in an inspiring, caring and inclusive community. We know that these outcomes are a product of students feeling happy, supported and well taught in an enriching environment. This will enable us to create the brilliant futures our students deserve.
Mr Will Morgan, who has been Headteacher at The Cotswold School since 2011, said “We are a school that always stays focused on the quality of our curriculum and our teaching for all. Our staff care deeply for their subjects, their school and the individual students under their care. Our offer and support during lockdown (academic and pastoral) was exceptional and even more impressive was the speed that our staff and students returned to immediately create the environment, the opportunities and the challenge where all our students have been able to thrive. I couldn’t be prouder of the pupils and the staff of The Cotswold School.”
