St John's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Cheltenham, 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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St John's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 May 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

St John's 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

In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in all 11 earlier years with a published outcome.
Reception 2026 drew 8 first-choice applications for 11 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 19th lowest of 221 Gloucestershire primary schools.
There are 17.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.

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: Albion Street, Cheltenham, GL52 2SN
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 174 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 18.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17.1

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 18 May 2023

Strengths

“St John’s is a place where leaders encourage all to flourish.”
“Relationships between staff and pupils are caring and nurturing.”
“Pupils feel safe and well looked after.”

To improve

“Despite the many strengths in the curriculum, in some subjects leaders have not identified the precise knowledge they want pupils to know and the order in which to teach it.”
“In these subjects, pupils do not remember the content of the curriculum long term.”
“Pupils’ reading comprehension skills are less established in some year groups.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 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)	55%	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: 8 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 8 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.

Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Holy Apostles' Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Dunalley Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Naunton Park Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Gloucester Road Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Oakwood Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published