Hillside Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Hillside Primary School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2022. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Hillside 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
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 all 7 earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
For Reception 2026, 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 100th lowest of 221 Gloucestershire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result of 38% was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire 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: Underhill Road, Matson, Gloucester, GL4 6HE
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 495 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 42% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22.8

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 22 November 2022

Strengths

“Pupils know and understand them.”
“Around the school, most pupils show respect and consideration for each other.”
“Pupils say that bullying is rare.”

To improve

“However, there are still too many pupils who do not apply their knowledge when reasoning and problemsolving.”
“However, the use of assessment to check what pupils have remembered over time in foundation subjects is not yet fully in place.”
“Where the quality of learning is less secure, staff do not manage behaviour as effectively.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 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)	38%	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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.

Heron Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
Finlay Community School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Abbeymead Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Coney Hill Community Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
Hatherley Infant School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Calton Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Tredworth Infant and Nursery Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published