John Cabot Academy
Secondary schoolJohn Cabot Academy is a secondary school in South Gloucestershire, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 1,244 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at John Cabot Academy was 48.6, against 45.0 in South Gloucestershire and 46.2 in England.
44.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 48.6 | 45.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44.9% | 42.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67.1% | 63.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 158 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Two Mile Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2022, before the school changed. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)540 m
- Beacon Rise Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), December 2023. 89% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement. 27% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Air Balloon Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- The Park Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Courtney Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in South Gloucestershire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).