St Mary's Church of England Infant School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–7 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.47 miles

Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Mary's Church of England Infant School is a primary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 4–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.

St Mary's Church of England Infant 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	0.47 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 was 0.47 miles, the 9th shortest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.56 miles.
The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2021, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 6 years.
There were 78 first-choice applications for 59 Reception 2026 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families and 20 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.

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: Bouncers Lane, Prestbury, Cheltenham, GL52 5JB
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–7
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 177 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 14.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.1

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 8 February 2023

Strengths

“Pupils thrive at this friendly and welcoming school.”
“They strive for pupils to be resilient, to communicate and show teamwork.”
“It is at the core of the school’s work and helps pupils to succeed.”

To improve

“In a few subjects, leaders are still working on identifying the essential knowledge that pupils need to learn and by when.”
“This means that pupils do not gain the same depth of understanding as they do in most other subjects.”
“However, leaders recognise that some subject leaders have not checked what pupils know and can do.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 78 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 58 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.

Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
Oakwood Primary School 0.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Holy Apostles' Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Dunalley Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
St John's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Glenfall Community Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published