The Croft Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Stroud, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
8.53 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Croft Primary School is a primary school in Stroud, Gloucestershire for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 December 2022. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
The Croft 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 | 8.53 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
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered, 8.53 miles, was the longest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.56 miles).
- Reception last distances have swung sharply, most from 2025 to 2026; the 2026 figure was further than in 2025 and 2013, and the longest of the 11 published years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 20 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest 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
- Churchill Way, Painswick, Stroud, GL6 6RQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 132 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 December 2022
Strengths
- “This is a friendly and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are encouraged to become responsible, compassionate and resilient citizens.”
- “They are well-mannered and talk proudly about their school.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not check pupils’ understanding well enough to adapt learning to meet the needs of all pupils or inform future learning.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not always learn as well as they could.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not have an opportunity to grapple with more complex areas of the curriculum and deepen their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 February 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) | 70% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 20 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.
- Sheepscombe Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cranham Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whiteshill Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Uplands Community Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Callowell Primary Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Randwick Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Rosary Catholic Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Haresfield Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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