SCHOOL PROFILE

The Dean Academy: data, trends and context

The Dean Academy is a secondary school in Gloucestershire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
138421
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Region
South West
Trust
THE ATHELSTAN TRUST
Postcode
GL15 5DZ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
816
FSM eligible
34.1%
EAL / First language other than English
4.0%
SEND (total)
25.4%
SEN Support
19.2%
EHCP
6.1%
White British
91.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.7%
Overall absence
8.3%
Persistent absence
24.9%
Severe absence
2.9%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
GloucestershireLocal authority91.3%8.7%2.2%
South WestRegion90.7%9.3%3.1%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
21.4%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
6.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.27%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
43.1
English & maths grade 5+
32.2%
English & maths grade 4+
57.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See The Dean Academy against 25 similar schools

Explore in School DNA

The Dean Academy is a secondary school in Gloucestershire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.