Balcarras School is an

academy school An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. Most ...

for 11- to 18-year-olds, located in

Charlton Kings Charlton Kings is a contiguous village adjoining Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. The area constitutes a civil parish of 10,396 residents (2011). Landscape Charlton Kings is situated in the west foothills of the north-south Cotswol ...

Cheltenham Cheltenham (), also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort, following the discovery of mineral s ...

, Gloucestershire, England. Since 2016, the school's headteacher has been Dominic Burke. The school was rated as "Outstanding" when last inspected by

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in 2014. Balcarras School is the preferred sponsor for a new secondary school in Cheltenham, named The High School Leckhampton, which is planned to open in 2022. In November 2020 Balcarras was named Sunday Times State school of the Decade.

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OFSTED Report 2005
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Schools in Cheltenham Educational institutions established in 1986 Secondary schools in Gloucestershire 1986 establishments in England Training schools in England Academies in Gloucestershire