Norton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.25 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Norton Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 March 2022. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Norton 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 | 1.25 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 child offered a place lived 1.25 miles away, further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2012.
- Reception 2026 drew 29 first-choice applications for 20 offers, 1.4 first choices per offer, the 7th highest of 221 Gloucestershire primary schools.
- 19 of the Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (34%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Old Tewkesbury Road, Norton, Gloucester, GL2 9LJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thoroughly enjoy attending Norton Church of England Primary School.”
- “They are enthusiastic about their learning because teachers make it fun and meaningful.”
- “Pupils show positive learning attitudes towards the varied activities and learning they receive.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects this is not the case.”
- “This means that the children do not always build the right foundations to help them in their next stage of learning.”
- “However, teachers’ use of assessment is sometimes not swift enough to ensure that these pupils catch up quickly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2022 (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) | 60% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 19 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.
- Innsworth Junior School 2.0 mi Good
- Innsworth Infant School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Longford Park Primary Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Churchdown Parton Manor Infant School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Churchdown Parton Manor Junior School 2.4 mi Good
- Deerhurst and Apperley Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Longlevens Infant School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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