Hillesley Church of England Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Wotton-under-Edge, 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 🔒

Unlock earlier years · £9.99 Open on the map →

Hillesley Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.

Hillesley 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

Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, whereas places ran out in 2023, the 1 earlier year with a published outcome.
Reception 2026 had 5 first-choice applications for 6 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
There were 49 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 17.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.
Of its pupils, 8.2% are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire is 13%.

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: Kilcot Road, Hillesley, Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 7RH
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 49 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17.2

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 23 January 2024

Strengths

“Hillesley Church of England Primary School sits firmly and deeply within its community.”
“The school works effectively to ensure that pupils learn to contribute to, and draw from, their community.”
“Pupils are rightly proud of their school.”

To improve

“Sequences of learning in writing, however, are not sufficiently clear.”
“Sometimes, pupils are unsure about how the activity they are completing contributes to the writing end goal.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 5 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 5 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.

Kingswood Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
The British School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Blue Coat CofE Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
Leighterton Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
North Nibley CofE Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Dursley Church of England Primary Academy 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Uley Church of England Primary School 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
Cam Everlands Primary School 6.3 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published