Longford Park Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools · Ages 2–11 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.88 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Longford Park Primary Academy is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 2–11 (free schools). Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Longford Park 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 | 0.88 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 |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 0.88 miles away, the 29th shortest of 88 Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 and 2017, and the move from 2025 to 2026 was the biggest between any published years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 33 first-choice applications for 31 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Clock Tower Road, Longford, Gloucester, GL2 9FP
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 263 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils attend a school where relationships are warm, routines are clear and expectations are high.”
- “From the moment they arrive in the morning, staff greet pupils positively, helping them to feel settled, safe and ready to learn.”
- “Pupils describe their school as friendly and welcoming.”
To improve
- “However, insufficient opportunities and expectations for pupils to apply their knowledge within and across subjects sometimes limit the highest outcomes.”
- “Leaders have correctly identified that teachers need to ensure that pupils improve their reading comprehension skills and knowledge in order to consistently work at the nationally expected standard in reading.”
- “At times, this restricts pupils’ ability to apply skills and knowledge automatically and confidently across subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 71% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 28 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.
- Longlevens Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Innsworth Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Longlevens Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsholm Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Innsworth Infant School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elmbridge Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Widden Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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