The Rissington School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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The Rissington School is a primary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

The Rissington 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

Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
Reception last distances swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2018 to 2024.
Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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: Mitchell Way, Upper Rissington, Cheltenham, GL54 2PL
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 256 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.9

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 29 November 2023

Strengths

“Rissington is a friendly and welcoming school where everybody gets along.”
“Pupils are kind and respectful.”
“They showcase the school’s values of ‘aspire, belong and challenge’ in all they do.”

To improve

“However, the school recognises that its work is not complete in a few subjects.”
“This means that pupils’ learning is not as deep as it is in the rest of the curriculum.”
“However, in some of the other curriculum subjects, learning activities are not challenging enough.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 January 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)	79%	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: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.

Sherborne Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bledington Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
Cold Aston Church of England Primary School 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Swell Church of England Primary School 5.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School 5.3 mi Good Last distance published
Northleach Church of England Primary School 5.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Longborough Church of England Primary School 7.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published