Field Court Church of England Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.95 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Field Court Church of England Infant Academy is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Field Court Church of England Infant Academy 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 | 0.95 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 |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.95 miles away, the 31st shortest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.56 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2015, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 9 years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The school has 29.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.9 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
- Courtfield Road, Quedgeley, Courtfield Road, Quedegley, Gl2 4uf, Gloucester, GL2 4UF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 300 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 February 2023
Strengths
- “‘A fun and happy place to learn’ is how one pupil describes Field Court Church of England Infant Academy.”
- “The school vision of ‘love life, embrace learning and believe together’ threads its way through all aspects of school life.”
- “They believe that success is possible for all.”
To improve
- “Even so, some staff do not consistently use the agreed approach to teaching phonics.”
- “Consequently, a small number of pupils are not catching up quickly enough.”
- “However, occasionally, there is variation in how well teachers implement the planned curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Field Court Junior School 0.0 mi Not judged
- Beech Green Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Clearwater Church of England Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsway Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadowside Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Waterwells Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Harewood Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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