St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

4.73 miles

Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (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 2021 to 2026 entry.

St Mary's Catholic 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	4.73 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

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2026, the last Reception place offered went to a child living 4.73 miles away, 6th longest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 4 of the 6 years with a published outcome, and the 2026 last distance was further than in 2024.
Reception 2026 drew 44 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families (34%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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: Cheltenham Road East, Churchdown, Gloucester, GL3 1HU
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 220 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 9.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22.4

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 22 November 2022

Strengths

“Pupils are taught to care about themselves and each other.”
“They show respect and kindness to their peers and to staff.”
“Older pupils support younger pupils at playtimes by organising games.”

To improve

“As a result, essential knowledge is not taught consistently well across some subject areas, including the early years.”
“This means that, sometimes, pupils cannot make connections between important concepts.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 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)	83%	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, 30 offers in total, 29 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.

Churchdown Parton Manor Junior School 0.4 mi Good
Innsworth Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Churchdown Parton Manor Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Innsworth Junior School 0.8 mi Good
Churchdown Village Junior School 1.0 mi Good
Longlevens Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Churchdown Village Infant School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Longlevens Junior School 1.2 mi School remains Good