Minchinhampton Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Minchinhampton Primary Academy is a primary school in Stroud, Gloucestershire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Minchinhampton 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.
- Reception 2026 saw 26 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 1 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Free school meal eligibility is 14.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.5% 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, Minchinhampton, Stroud, GL6 9BP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 260 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “The school strives to do its very best by all pupils.”
- “The school has high ambition for pupils to learn well, and they do.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ behaviour and conduct.”
To improve
- “However, teaching does not ensure that pupils have sufficient opportunities to practise and apply their skills in writing.”
- “At times, pupils make errors in their writing which are not addressed.”
- “Where this happens, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could in writing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 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) | 73% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 26 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.
- Brimscombe Church of England (VA) Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Amberley Parochial School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thrupp School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Avening Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chalford Hill Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nailsworth Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bussage Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
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