Holy Apostles' Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.50 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holy Apostles' Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Holy Apostles' 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 | 0.50 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 0.50 miles, the 13th shortest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.56 miles.
- The 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2021, after its biggest swing, between 2024 and 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 37 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (27%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% 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
- Battledown Approach, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, GL52 6QZ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “Holy Apostles’ Primary is warm and welcoming.”
- “There is a positive and friendly ethos that threads its way through the school.”
- “The school’s vision, ‘learn well, live well, together’, fully encapsulates the school’s ambition for all pupils.”
To improve
- “However, at times, some misconceptions are not identified or addressed.”
- “When this happens, pupils’ misconceptions continue.”
- “However, some younger pupils do not secure the fundamentals in writing, such as sentence structure, that they need to be ready for later learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2025 (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) | 82% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Glenfall Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakwood Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Charlton Kings Infants' School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- St Mary's Church of England Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Dunalley Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
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