Pauntley Church of England Primary School

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

Pauntley 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

Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, whereas places ran out in all 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
Reception 2026 drew 3 first-choice applications for 5 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the 6th lowest of 221 Gloucestershire primary schools.
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
That 2024/25 figure of 71% was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 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: Pool Hill, Newent, GL18 1LL
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 25 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 12% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 12.5

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 10 May 2023

Strengths

“Pauntley Church of England Primary School is a welcoming and happy place.”
“Staff and pupils make the school’s values of ‘friendship, respect and courage’ come alive.”
“Pupils are wonderful ambassadors for the school.”

To improve

“However, in a minority of subjects, the curriculum is in the early stages of being taught.”
“However, teachers do not use assessment well enough to check what pupils can already do.”
“Consequently, learning does not always take into account pupils’ prior knowledge.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 June 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)	71%	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: 3 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 3 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.

Redmarley Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
Picklenash Junior School 2.0 mi Not judged
Glebe Infants' School 2.0 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
Ann Cam Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
Bromesberrow St Mary's Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Staunton and Corse Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Tibberton Community Primary School and Early Years 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Hartpury Church of England Primary School 5.1 mi Good Last distance published