Sharpness Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.43 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sharpness Primary School is a primary school in Berkeley, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Sharpness 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 | 1.43 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 distance offered was 1.43 miles, the 42nd shortest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.56 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2024 and 2012, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026, 18 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 60% of pupils met the expected standard (England 62%), 3rd 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
- New Town, Berkeley, GL13 9NU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 114 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “Sharpness is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Each morning begins on a positive note as staff greet pupils and families warmly at the gate.”
- “This calm, caring start helps everyone settle quickly for the day ahead.”
To improve
- “However, from the early years onwards, too many pupils do not secure the basic writing knowledge they need.”
- “Teaching does not consistently address gaps in pupils' writing, including letter formation, spelling or sentence accuracy.”
- “This slows the pace at which some pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, become fluent, confident writers and affects their ability to learn the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 60% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 18 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.
- Berkeley Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Severnbanks Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lydney Church of England Community School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blakeney Primary School 3.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Aylburton Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stone with Woodford Church of England Primary School 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Yorkley Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
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