Barnwood Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barnwood Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Barnwood 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 | 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 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 132 of the 223 other Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 78% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 22% 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
- Colin Road, Barnwood, Gloucester, GL4 3JP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 177 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at this friendly, safe and welcoming school.”
- “The school has created a nurturing environment for pupils and their families.”
- “Pupils embrace the school’s vision of ‘love your neighbour’.”
To improve
- “However, despite improvements in reading, writing and mathematics, pupils’ writing in some areas of the curriculum is not as effective.”
- “Where the school’s curriculum is less effective, the important knowledge that pupils need to know and remember is not identified as precisely.”
- “As a result, pupils’ knowledge is less secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 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: 15 first-preference applications, 19 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.
- Elmbridge Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Coney Hill Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Dinglewell Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dinglewell Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Lift Hillview 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Longlevens Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Longlevens Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
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