The High School Leckhampton
Free School · Year 7–Year 11 · 759 pupils
Balcarras School
East End Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham GL53 8QF
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
1,427
On roll
Ages
11–18
Capacity 1,359
Local authority
Gloucestershire
The Balcarras Trust
Schola Grade 8
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About Balcarras School
Balcarras School is a secondary academy in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, for pupils aged 11–18 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of The Balcarras Trust.
It has 1,427 pupils on roll and room for 1,359. It has a sixth form. Its Schola Grade is 8 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 13
- Ages
- 11–18
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,427
- Capacity
- 1,359 pupils
- Free school meals
- 6.40% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- The Balcarras Trust
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 136474
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