Horsley Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Stroud, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.02 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Horsley Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Stroud, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Horsley 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 | 0.02 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.02 miles from the school, the shortest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance and nearer than in 2024, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 82% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- The Street, Horsley, Stroud, GL6 0PU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 105 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to be part of this welcoming community.”
- “They behave well and display exemplary attitudes towards their learning.”
- “Pupils speak confidently and are keen to express their views.”
To improve
- “However, in some wider curriculum subjects, teachers do not check what pupils can recall from their previous lessons.”
- “As a result, teachers do not have the information they need to adapt plans for future learning.”
- “Sometimes, pupils do not learn what they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 April 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: 21 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Nailsworth Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Amberley Parochial School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Avening Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Minchinhampton Primary Academy 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Uley Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Brimscombe Church of England (VA) Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
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