Slimbridge Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.99 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Slimbridge Primary School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 October 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Slimbridge 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 | 3.99 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 3.99 miles away, the 11th longest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2012, and was the longest of the 11 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 21 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 17% 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
- St John's Road, Slimbridge, Gloucester, GL2 7DD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 167 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils describe their school as a friendly school.”
- “They say that all pupils are welcome.”
- “This is because the school has created an inclusive environment.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils who struggle with reading do not receive the targeted support they need to help them to apply this knowledge.”
- “As a result, they do not read as fluently as they need to.”
- “However, pupil’s learning is not as secure in some other subjects in the wider curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 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) | 56% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 21 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.
- Cam Woodfield Infant School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cam Woodfield Junior School 1.8 mi Good
- Coaley Church of England Primary Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Cam Hopton Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cam Everlands Primary School 2.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Eastington Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Lakefield CofE Primary School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dursley Church of England Primary Academy 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
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