Linden Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.59 miles

Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Linden Primary School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 September 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Linden 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	0.59 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 7 earlier figures.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 0.59 miles away, the 20th shortest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
For Reception, the last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2012, and it swung sharply between some years.
Reception 2026 had 60 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families; 4 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 43% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Linden Road, Gloucester, Gloucester, GL1 5HU
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 420 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 25% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.5

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 19 September 2023

Strengths

“The school is welcoming and caring.”
“The school strives to provide the best for all pupils.”
“They ensure that they meet pupils’ academic, social and emotional needs.”

To improve

“However, some staff do not identify quickly enough when pupils fall behind.”
“This means that some pupils do not learn the phonics code quickly.”
“However, some pupils do not read widely, so they find it difficult to talk about favourite books or authors.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 October 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)	43%	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: 60 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 56 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 Gloucestershire.

Calton Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Paul's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
Tredworth Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
Tredworth Infant and Nursery Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Hatherley Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St James' Church of England Junior School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
Finlay Community School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Hempsted Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published