Elmbridge Primary School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

3.88 miles

Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Elmbridge Primary School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Elmbridge 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	3.88 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

For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.88 miles away, the 13th longest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
Reception last distances swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further than in 2025 and 2012, and was the longest of the 11 years with a published distance.
Reception 2026 had 81 first-choice applications for 88 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 7 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% 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: Elmbridge Road, Gloucester, GL2 0PE
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 632 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 9.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22.9

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

Ofsted

School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 27 September 2023

Strengths

“Exceptional pastoral support ensures pupils feel safe, secure and ready to learn.”
“Strong working relationships between parents and staff benefit pupils’ development immensely.”
“All pupils can identify five trusted adults who will help them.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 November 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)	66%	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: 81 first-preference applications, 88 offers in total, 81 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.

Barnwood Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
Longlevens Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Longlevens Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Coney Hill Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Widden Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St James' Church of England Junior School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
Lift Hillview 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published