Churchdown Village Infant School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · 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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Churchdown Village Infant School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Churchdown Village Infant 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, though places ran out in 9 of the 14 earlier years with a published outcome.
Reception 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 58 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Free school meal eligibility stands at 5.9%, against a middle figure of 13.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.
Ofsted's latest outcome, on 7 May 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement (6 December 2022).

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: Station Road, Churchdown, Gloucester, GL3 2NB
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 187 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.8

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025

Strengths

“The school is warm and welcoming.”
“Staff have high expectations for behaviour.”
“Pupils understand these expectations well.”

To improve

“While the school has made significant progress to improve, some of this work is in its early stages.”
“The school knows there is more to do.”
“However, at times, information about pupils’ needs is not used well enough.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 49 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 49 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 Village Junior School 0.1 mi Good
Churchdown Parton Manor Junior School 0.6 mi Good
Churchdown Parton Manor Infant School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Innsworth Infant School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
Lift Hillview 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Longlevens Infant School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Innsworth Junior School 1.7 mi Good