Christ Church CofE Primary School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.31 miles

Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Christ Church CofE Primary School is a primary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.

Christ Church CofE 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	0.31 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

The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.31 miles away, the 4th shortest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The Reception last distance for 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
For Reception in 2026, the school had 60 first-choice applications for 29 offers: 2.1 first choices per offer, the highest of 221 Gloucestershire primary schools.
In that Reception 2026 round, 29 offers went to first-choice families and 31 first-choice families (52%) were not offered a place.

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: Malvern Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2NR
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 213 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 15% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.3

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

Ofsted

Outstanding Inspected 6 December 2023

Strengths

“Pupils love to attend this school, and rightly so.”
“They receive an excellent start to their education.”
“This is because staff have the highest ambition for every pupil to become ‘the very best they can be’.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 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)	69%	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: 60 first-preference applications, 29 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.

Gloucester Road Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Rowanfield Junior School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
Rowanfield Infant School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Gardners Lane Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
St John's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Dunalley Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published