Gastrells Community Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Stroud, 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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Gastrells Community Primary School is a primary school in Stroud, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Gastrells 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 for Reception 2026 was offered a place, with 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers, but places ran out in all 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
In 2024/25, 46% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.
Its last graded Ofsted outcome was Requires improvement on 12 October 2022; the inspection on 17 June 2025 was not judged.
Free school meal eligibility is 5.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.5% 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: Kingscourt Lane, Stroud, GL5 3PS
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 172 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.5

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025

Strengths

“Gastrells is an inclusive school, which cares deeply for its pupils.”
“It provides a calm and nurturing environment.”
“The school motto ‘PRIDE’, which includes ‘positivity, respect and inclusivity’, shines through in pupils and adults alike.”

To improve

“However, the quality of education is not yet good.”
“In some subjects, learning has not been designed well enough to enable pupils to gain a deep body of knowledge.”
“In these subjects, the school does not have rigorous systems in place to check how well pupils remember the knowledge they have been taught.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2025 (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)	46%	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: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.

Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
Rodborough Community Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Stroud Valley Community Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
The Rosary Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
Thrupp School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Foxmoor Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Amberley Parochial School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published