Balcarras School

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

East End Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, GL53 8QF

Headteacher · Mr Dominic Burke

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 1 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,427Capacity 1,359

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 4 March 2025

TrustThe Balcarras Trust

Free school meals6.4%

Inspection on 4 March 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Gloucestershire council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

175 of the 239 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered181

Applications776

First choice239

First-choice offers175

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).