Parkend Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Lydney, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.31 miles

Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Parkend Primary School is a primary school in Lydney, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Parkend 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	1.31 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

Reception 2026 drew 12 first-choice applications for 10 offers; all 10 went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
In 2026 the last Reception place offered was 1.31 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and the 38th shortest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 50% 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: Yorkley Road, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4HL
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 68 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 22.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.3

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 6 February 2024

Strengths

“Pupils at Parkend Primary thoroughly enjoy their ‘small school with big ideas’.”
“There is a tangible sense of community and of working together in partnership.”
“Pupils are incredibly proud to be part of the school, and this shines through in all they do.”

To improve

“Some subjects in the wider curriculum are not yet fully embedded.”
“Although the school has identified the knowledge it wants pupils to learn, in these subjects, pupils do not recall prior learning effectively.”
“Some teachers do not regularly revisit previously learned knowledge.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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)	83%	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: 12 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.

Pillowell Community Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Yorkley Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
Bream Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
Ellwood Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Coalway Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
Soudley School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Lydney Church of England Community School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published