Clearwell Church of England Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Coleford, 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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Clearwell Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Coleford, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Clearwell 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	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

For Reception in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as was the case at 132 of the 223 other Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Reception 2026 had 1 first-choice application for 1 offer, and that first-choice family was offered a place.
The school had 41 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 11.8 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire is 20.3.
36.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire is 23.7%.

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: Church Road, Clearwell, Coleford, GL16 8LG
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 41 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 36.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 11.8

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

Ofsted

Some aspects not as strong Inspected 3 December 2024

Strengths

“Warm and trusting relationships exist between staff and pupils.”
“They are confident that staff will take care of them and help sort out any problems.”
“Pupils know the new school values of respect, responsibility and resilience.”

To improve

“However, in other subjects, this work has just started.”
“Pupils have gaps in their knowledge, skills and vocabulary that hamper their learning.”
“Pupils’ special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are not well met in some subjects.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 1 first-preference applications, 1 offers in total, 1 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.

Ellwood Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St John's C of E Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Coalway Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
St Briavels Parochial Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
Bream Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
Redbrook Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Berry Hill Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Parkend Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published