Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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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Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School is a primary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Stow-on-the-Wold 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

In 2024/25, 44% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire that have results.
Reception places ran out in 2014, 2015 and 2018, but in 2026 every applicant was offered a place, with 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers.
There are 16.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.9 across 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: St Edward's Drive, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cheltenham, GL54 1AW
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 91 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 14.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 16.4

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 21 May 2024

Strengths

“The values of ‘heart, hand and mind’ are threaded through school life.”
“Pupils are kind, responsible and have a willingness to do well.”
“Staff have high expectations for what pupils can achieve.”

To improve

“However, in some wider curriculum subjects, the small steps of learning are not as clear.”
“This means some pupils do not build knowledge based on previous learning and cannot remember their learning as well.”
“On occasion, however, assessment is not used as well.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 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)	44%	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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.

Swell Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Longborough Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bledington Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
St David's Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The Rissington School 5.3 mi Good Last distance published
Cold Aston Church of England Primary School 5.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Blockley Church of England Primary School 6.1 mi Good Last distance published