Winchcombe Abbey Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Cheltenham, 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 🔒
Winchcombe Abbey Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 June 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Winchcombe Abbey Church of England 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 2 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2026, 23 first-choice applications were made for 25 Reception offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 49% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Back Lane, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, GL54 5PZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 261 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 June 2024
Strengths
- “Winchcombe Abbey is a school where everyone is welcome and accepted.”
- “Committed staff make learning purposeful and interesting so that pupils thrive and achieve highly.”
- “This is especially true in the early years.”
To improve
- “Improvements to the curriculum in a few subjects, such as music and Spanish, are newer and need time to embed.”
- “Therefore, some groups of pupils do not have the same depth of knowledge in these subjects as others.”
- “However, the system for checking what needs to be revisited in the long term is still being refined.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 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) | 49% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 23 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.
- Gretton Primary School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Isbourne Valley School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Oak Hill Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodmancote School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gotherington Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Temple Guiting Church of England School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Grangefield Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
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