Finlay Community School
Primary · Foundation 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
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Finlay Community School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Finlay Community 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 |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 11 of the 13 earlier years with a published outcome.
- 41.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.
- For Reception 2026 there were 44 first-choice applications for 48 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), highest among this school and the 6 of the 8 nearest Gloucestershire primary schools that have results.
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
- Finlay Road, Gloucester, GL4 6TR
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 412 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “Finlay Community School is warm, welcoming and inclusive.”
- “The vision for all pupils to aspire, to belong and to achieve underpins the ethos of the school.”
- “As a result, pupils feel a valued part of the school community.”
To improve
- “Some pupils with SEND have gaps in their learning.”
- “This is because at times, some activities and the support that pupils receive, do not precisely match their needs.”
- “Nonetheless, the number of pupils who are persistently absent remains too high.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 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) | 80% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 44 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.
- Hatherley Infant School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tredworth Infant and Nursery Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Tredworth Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Calton Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Coney Hill Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hillside Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Linden Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
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