Cirencester Deer Park School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Secondary
PUPILS
1013
AGES
11 - 16
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
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SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
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The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils National School Census Data, ONS
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This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the last School Census collected by the Department for Education. It is a visualisation of where pupils lived at the time of the annual School Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The criteria in which schools use to allocate places in the event that they are oversubscribed can and do vary between schools and over time. These criteria can include distance from the school and sometimes specific catchment areas but can also include, amongst others, priority for siblings, children of a particular faith or specific feeder schools. Living in an area where children have previously attended a school does not guarantee admission to the school in future years. Always check with the school’s own admission authority for the current admission arrangements.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(17/01/2023)
Full Report - All Reports
67%
NATIONAL AVG. 38%
5+ GCSEs grade 9-4 (standard pass or above) including English and maths



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Progress Compared With All Other Schools

UNLOCK Well Below Average (About 15% of schools in England) Below Average (About 18% of schools in England) Average (About 35% of schools in England) Above Average (About 16% of schools in England) Well Above Average (About 16% of schools in England)

School Results Over Time

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% of pupils who achieved 5+ GCSEs grade 9-4
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% of pupils who achieved GCSE grade 5 or above in both English and maths
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Stroud Road
Cirencester
GL7 1XB
01285653447

School Description

The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Your leadership has created a school ethos that pupils, parents and staff all subscribe to enthusiastically. Your ambition and drive to meet the needs of every child are valued across the school and into the community the school serves. A large number of parents replied to the online survey and they are virtually unanimous in recommending the school. One respondent summed up the collective parental view when they said, ‘I feel that Cirencester Deer Park has achieved an excellent balance between challenging and developing pupils academically and enriching the whole learning experience.’ Your leadership has ensured that, overall, pupils make more academic progress than they do in the majority of schools across the country. This has been the case for a number of years. Pupils benefit from particularly effective teaching in English, science, history and geography. In these subjects especially, pupils are challenged to stretch themselves and to solve difficult problems. In 2016, however, disadvantaged pupils made significantly less progress than their peers in other schools. Rightly, this has been a cause for concern for you and your team has reacted well to the challenge. The governing body is a strength of the school. Since the last inspection, governors have taken the decision to reconstitute the governing body in order to ensure it contained the set of skills necessary to lead the school. They were keen to do this without losing the passion and commitment to the school and its pupils that had been their hallmark. They have succeeded admirably. As a result, they are able to analyse and respond to the detailed and regular reports they receive from you and hold you to account appropriately. Their understanding of the school, and hence their capacity for strategic leadership, is further strengthened by their regular contact with both staff and parents. You have put in place an effective structure in which senior and middle leaders monitor their areas of responsibility and intervene when required. Your middle leaders feel appropriately challenged and supported in ensuring that the quality of teaching in their areas is strong and that pupils can reach their potential. Your leadership team and staff maintain a very positive working atmosphere for pupils. As a result, pupils’ attitudes to learning are generally very good. They work well in lessons, they are keen to answer questions and they want to succeed. Pupils say they feel very well supported by staff. Around the school site, pupils behave well. They are friendly, good-natured and respectful. Working with your governing body, you have reacted effectively to the last Ofsted inspection. The report recommended that you focus on continuing to raise the quality of teaching and on ensuring that pupils make as much progress in mathematics as they do in other subjects. You and your senior colleagues have made it clear to teachers that you have high expectations of them and you have acted robustly when your expectations have not been met. You have also created a rich palette of training opportunities and an environment where teachers feel encouraged to reflect on their own teaching and so further improve their classroom practice. Teachers feel that the training they receive is well targeted and useful. As a result of your approach, teachers are refining their teaching and pupils are making better progress. There has been an improvement in the progress pupils make in mathematics. You have overcome recruitment and staffing difficulties to develop leadership capacity within the department. This, in turn, has led to improvements in the quality of teaching, and hence the progress pupils make. Pupils are now benefiting from a good range of challenging activities, including being asked to solve problems in reallife contexts. While some inconsistencies remain to be ironed out, it is clear that pupils are now making good progress in mathematics. Safeguarding is effective. You and your leadership team have ensured that there is a strong culture of safeguarding pupils throughout the school. You have made sure that safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose and records are of high quality. Staff are appropriately trained and take their duties very seriously. Pupils are taught how to keep themselves safe from threats online via a comprehensive series of assemblies and lessons.

Cirencester Deer Park School Parent Reviews



unlock % Parents Recommend This School
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>60, "agree"=>32, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>3, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>57, "agree"=>35, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>41, "agree"=>49, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>3} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
My Child Has Not Been Bullied Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"my_child_has_not_been_bullied"=>63, "strongly_agree"=>14, "agree"=>10, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>4, "dont_know"=>4} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>37, "agree"=>44, "disagree"=>13, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>3} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
I Have Not Raised Any Concerns Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"i_have_not_raised_any_concerns"=>25, "strongly_agree"=>45, "agree"=>19, "disagree"=>6, "strongly_disagree"=>4, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>28, "agree"=>40, "disagree"=>19, "strongly_disagree"=>9, "dont_know"=>4} UNLOCK Figures based on 47 responses up to 15-02-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>52, "agree"=>37, "disagree"=>6, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>4} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>51, "agree"=>38, "disagree"=>6, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>4} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>46, "agree"=>46, "disagree"=>6, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>49, "agree"=>47, "disagree"=>3, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>54, "agree"=>40, "disagree"=>3, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>3} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>40, "agree"=>44, "disagree"=>8, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>6} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023
Yes No {"yes"=>95, "no"=>5} UNLOCK Figures based on 300 responses up to 15-02-2023

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