Oakridge Parochial School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Stroud, 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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Oakridge Parochial School is a primary school in Stroud, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 October 2022. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.

Oakridge Parochial 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

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 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, every first-choice family was offered a place, and the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 6 places.
24.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire is 14.6%.
With 29 pupils on roll in January 2026, the school has 13.1 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire is 21.8.

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: Oakridge Lynch, Stroud, GL6 7NR
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 29 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 24.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 13.1

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 20 October 2022

Strengths

“Oakridge Parochial School is a happy community.”
“Pupils thrive in the nurturing environment.”
“Teachers have high expectations for all pupils’ learning and behaviour.”

To improve

“However, leaders know that assessment is not yet fully developed in all subjects.”
“Some subject leaders do not have a detailed enough understanding of how well pupils learn the curriculum.”
“Pupils say they are confident in mathematics but some would like more challenge.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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.

Chalford Hill Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bussage Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Eastcombe Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
Bisley Blue Coat Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
Sapperton Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
Brimscombe Church of England (VA) Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
Minchinhampton Primary Academy 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Thrupp School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published