Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Gloucester, 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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Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 June 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.

Hardwicke Parochial 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 2026 every Reception applicant was offered a place, as at 132 of the 223 other Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
For Reception 2026 there were 39 first-choice applications for 39 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 60th highest of 221 Gloucestershire primary schools.
In 2024/25, 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The school has 19.1 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire is 24.

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: Poplar Way, Hardwicke, Gloucester, GL2 4QG
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 296 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 19.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.1

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 6 June 2023

Strengths

“Pupils at Hardwicke Parochial Academy feel safe and happy.”
“Leaders have designed a curriculum that supports pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to learn well.”
“Leaders encourage pupils to ‘SHINE’: strive for excellence, help others, inspire, never give up and empathise.”

To improve

“In some subjects, however, pupils find it difficult to remember what they have learned.”
“This is because systems to assess their knowledge are not well developed.”
“Teachers do not address gaps in the learning of some pupils quickly enough.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2023 (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)	62%	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: 39 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 39 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 0.6 mi Not judged
Field Court Church of England Infant Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Clearwater Church of England Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Beech Green Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Hunts Grove Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Kingsway Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Waterwells Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
Meadowside Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published