Cranham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.43 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cranham Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Cranham 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 | 1.43 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered, 1.43 miles, was further than in 2021 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 there were 10 first-choice applications for 8 Reception offers; all 8 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 78% (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.
- There are 14.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.7 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
- Cranham, Gloucester, GL4 8HS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 57 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s values of courage, compassion and community shine through all areas of school life.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school because they feel part of a family.”
- “The school has carefully planned an ambitious curriculum to meet the needs of all pupils, including in mixed-aged classes.”
To improve
- “Some of the strategies the school has introduced to improve the quality of education are not enacted consistently well.”
- “For example, the school has not yet embedded effective ways to check what pupils have learned and remembered over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 2024 (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) | 78% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 8 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.
- Sheepscombe Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Castle Hill Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Croft Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coopers Edge School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift Brockworth 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Birdlip Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbeymead Primary School 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
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