The Forest High School is a secondary school located in Cinderford. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 12/07/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.1%, which is 1.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Causeway Road, Cinderford, GL14 2AZ
Website: http://www.foresthigh.org.uk/
Telephone: 01594822257
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Gloucestershire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr John Whitehead
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138496

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 12/07/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 450
Number of Pupils: 295
Number of Boys: 153
Number of Girls: 142

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.57 Confidence interval -0.87 to -0.27
Of the 74 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 72 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:18%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:91%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:23%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:39.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.43
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Forest View Primary School
Latimer Road , GL14 2QA
3out of 4 388 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Littledean Church of England Primary School
Church Street , Littledean GL14 3NL
3out of 4 1,743 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
St White's Primary School
Sneyd Wood Road , GL14 3GD
3out of 4 1,984 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Steam Mills Primary School
Steam Mills , GL14 3JD
3out of 4 2,194 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Forest High School
Causeway Road , GL14 2AZ
2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.