Gloucestershire’s Best-Performing Schools
Published Thursday 23 October 2025 by SJV
We’re delighted to share that local media have named Sir Thomas Rich’s among the best-performing state secondary schools in Gloucestershire this year. This achievement is a real testament to the hard work, commitment and dedication of our pupils and our subject teachers.
The report is based on the Department for Education's recently published GCSE performance data for every secondary school in England for the 2024/25 academic year. In Gloucestershire, there were 22 schools where the majority of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in Maths and English GCSEs, which is the main benchmark used to compare school performance. STRS is in second place, and is also among the top-ranked schools nationally.
You can read the full article online on the Gloucestershire Live website.