St White's Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St White's Primary School is a primary school in Cinderford, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
St White's 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- 26.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in all 4 earlier years with a published outcome, with the sharpest swing from 2012 to 2014.
- Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 41 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer and the 60th highest of 221 Gloucestershire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.
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
- Sneyd Wood Road, Cinderford, GL14 3GD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 245 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils have plentiful opportunities to thrive at this ambitious school.”
- “Pupils fully embrace the values of ‘challenge, commit, conquer and celebrate’.”
- “Parents cite the school as having ‘kindness in abundance’.”
To improve
- “However, this practice is not consistent across the curriculum.”
- “On occasion, teaching strategies are not used well enough to identify and address misconceptions or gaps in learning.”
- “Consequently, these are allowed to persist.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 2024 (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) | 61% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 41 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.
- Forest View Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Littledean Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Soudley School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Steam Mills Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newnham St Peter's Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Drybrook Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mitcheldean Endowed Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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