The Rosary Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Stroud, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Rosary Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Stroud, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
The Rosary 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 | 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.
- Reception 2026 drew 7 first-choice applications for 8 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place; 132 of the 223 other Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome did the same.
- Free school meal eligibility is 31.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 19% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.
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
- Beeches Green, Stroud, GL5 4AB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 135 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “When pupils arrive at The Rosary Catholic Primary School, they receive a warm welcome.”
- “The school’s values help to shape their character.”
- “For example, pupils show ‘love’ by being kind to others and ‘respect’ by accepting differences.”
To improve
- “However, in a few of the more recently developed subjects, pupils’ recall of knowledge over time is less secure.”
- “This prevents them from deepening their understanding of important concepts.”
- “However, the recording of some pupils’ written work contains basic punctuation errors and lacks pride.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 57% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 7 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.
- Rodborough Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stroud Valley Community Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Uplands Community Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Callowell Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Gastrells Community Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cashes Green Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whiteshill Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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