Meadowside Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.37 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Meadowside Primary School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Meadowside 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 | 1.37 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 |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 7 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.37 miles away, the 40th shortest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years from 2012 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2012.
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 27 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
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
- Elmore Lane East, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 4LX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Meadowside is an incredibly warm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils, parents and carers, and staff appreciate its family feel.”
- “Pupils are well cared for through the school’s nurturing and caring culture.”
To improve
- “However, while the school has made a positive start to curriculum development, an ambitious curriculum is not securely in place.”
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, do not benefit from a high-quality education across the curriculum.”
- “However, in other subjects, important knowledge is not organised in a way that supports pupils to build their understanding over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 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) | 45% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 26 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.
- Beech Green Primary School 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Clearwater Church of England Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Field Court Church of England Infant Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Field Court Junior School 0.7 mi Not judged
- Harewood Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harewood Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Grange Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsway Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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