Kempsford Church of England Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Fairford, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

4.04 miles

Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Kempsford Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Fairford, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 January 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Kempsford Church of England 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	4.04 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

For Reception 2026, the last distance offered was 4.04 miles, the 10th longest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.56 miles).
The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2019 and 2013, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
For Reception 2026, there were 10 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 43% met the expected standard, the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire that have results.

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: High Street, Kempsford, Fairford, GL7 4EY
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 75 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 6.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 13.4

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 10 January 2023

Strengths

“Pupils get on well at Kempsford Church of England School.”
“Parents are positive about the school.”
“Many of them comment on the commitment of staff.”

To improve

“This helps some pupils to close the gaps in their knowledge, However, some teaching is not precise enough to help these pupils make the best possible progress.”
“However, in some areas, teaching does not provide learning to meet the curriculum intent well enough.”
“However, some of this support does not help pupils to catch up quickly enough.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 March 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)	43%	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, 15 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.

Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
Fairford Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Down Ampney Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Southrop Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Hatherop Church of England Primary School 5.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Ampney Crucis Church of England Primary School 6.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Bibury Church of England Primary School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published