Isbourne Valley School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

3.86 miles

Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Isbourne Valley School is a primary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 January 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Isbourne Valley 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	3.86 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

The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 3.86 miles, the 15th longest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.56 miles).
In 2026 the Reception last distance was nearer than 2025 but further than 2014; every applicant was offered a place in 4 of 11 years with a published outcome.
For Reception 2026 there were 19 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 14 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% 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: Didbrook, Cheltenham, GL54 5PF
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 80 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 15.7

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 10 January 2023

Strengths

“Pupils are proud to attend Isbourne Valley School.”
“They enjoy being part of a community where everyone gets along and helps each other.”
“Pupils like how staff are caring and take the time to get to know them as individuals.”

To improve

“Where this is the case, pupils do not learn the same depth of knowledge as they do in others.”
“However, despite this help, a small minority of pupils in key stage 2 still do not read as fluently as they should.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 February 2023 (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)	71%	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: 19 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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.

Winchcombe Abbey Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
Gretton Primary School 2.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Temple Guiting Church of England School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
Oak Hill Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Gotherington Primary School 5.4 mi Good Last distance published
Woodmancote School 5.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Willersey Church of England Primary School 6.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy 6.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published