Gloucester Road Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.62 miles

Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Gloucester Road Primary School is a primary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Gloucester Road 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	1.62 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

In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.62 miles away, further than in 2025; that was the sharpest swing between its published years.
Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
38% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, lowest among this school and the 7 of the 8 nearest Gloucestershire primary schools that have results.
Ofsted found standards maintained in February 2025, after an Outstanding grade in July 2017.

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: Gloucester Road, Cheltenham, GL51 8PB
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 236 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 22.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22.5

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025

Strengths

“The personal and academic development and welfare of pupils is at the heart of Gloucester Road Primary.”
“The school ensures that the needs of each pupil are considered in everything they do.”
“There is a calm and nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and can thrive.”

To improve

“However, the school acknowledges that more work is needed to ensure that pupils can remember what they have learned term by term, and year by year.”
“Some pupils cannot recall their learning over time which can limit the depth of knowledge they gain.”
“Nonetheless, the school are aware that the new writing curriculum needs further work to ensure pupils become confident writers across all subjects.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 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)	38%	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: 25 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 25 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.

Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Gardners Lane Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
Rowanfield Junior School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
Rowanfield Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Dunalley Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Hesters Way Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published