Dursley Church of England Primary Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Dursley, 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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Dursley Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Dursley, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Dursley Church of England Primary 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	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, but places ran out in 3 of the 8 earlier years, with the last distance swinging sharply between some years.
In 2024/25, 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Reception 2026 entry: 35 first-choice applications for 36 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
23.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14% 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: School Road, Dursley, GL11 4NZ
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 241 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 23.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.9

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025

Strengths

“Pupils are happy and grow in confidence at Dursley.”
“The school's new curriculum is helping pupils to exemplify this.”
“Pupils benefit from a well-designed curriculum that is supporting them to know and remember more.”

To improve

“New leaders quickly recognised that the previous curriculum did not support pupils to achieve well enough.”
“In a minority of wider curriculum subjects, however, the checks the school makes are not used to help strengthen the curriculum to the same effect.”
“This means some pupils have gaps in knowledge as a result of the previous curriculum.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2025 (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)	47%	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: 35 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 35 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.

Cam Everlands Primary School 1.5 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
Cam Hopton Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Uley Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
North Nibley CofE Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Cam Woodfield Infant School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Cam Woodfield Junior School 2.1 mi Good
Coaley Church of England Primary Academy 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
The British School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published