Alexander Hosea Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Wotton-Under-Edge, South Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.624 miles
Published by South Gloucestershire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Alexander Hosea Primary School is a primary school in Wotton-Under-Edge, South Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. South Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Alexander Hosea Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.624 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 28 offers; all 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.624 miles from the school, the 4th longest of the 29 South Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
- Of its pupils, 6.3% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in South Gloucestershire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other South Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Honeybourne Way, Wickwar, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8PF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- South Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to and learn much at Alexander Hosea Primary School.”
- “There is a calm, purposeful, family-like atmosphere in the school.”
- “Staff form caring relationships with pupils and are considerate of their needs.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, leaders are redesigning the curriculum.”
- “In these subjects, their work is at an early stage of development.”
- “As a result, pupils do not develop the same depth of understanding as they do in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 57% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in South Gloucestershire.
- Charfield Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Rangeworthy Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Tortworth Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hawkesbury Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- North Road Community Primary School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Horton CofE VA Primary School 3.4 mi Standards maintained
- Tyndale Primary School 3.6 mi Good