Pillowell Community Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Lydney, 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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Pillowell Community Primary School is a primary school in Lydney, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 10 October 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Pillowell Community 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

Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in all 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
Reception 2026 drew 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the admission number for Reception 2027 is 12 places.
Ofsted's latest outcome, on 10 October 2023, was Requires improvement; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire, 5 are Good.
In 2024/25, 44% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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: School Road, Pillowell, Lydney, GL15 4QT
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 73 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 16.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.4

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

Ofsted

Requires improvement Inspected 10 October 2023

Strengths

“Pillowell is an inclusive and welcoming place to be.”
“Pupils show pride when they talk about their school, and they feel a sense of belonging.”
“This is because staff are warm and caring.”

To improve

“However, there are some inconsistencies in the expectations for the quality of writing produced in some wider curriculum subjects.”
“As a result, some spelling and handwriting errors persist.”
“Leaders' recently revised approaches to developing pupils’ writing skills are in the early stages of becoming established.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 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)	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: 10 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.

Yorkley Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Parkend Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Bream Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Lydney Church of England Community School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Severnbanks Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Ellwood Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Blakeney Primary School 2.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published