St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Stroud, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Stroud, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
St Matthew's 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 |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 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.
- Reception 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 19% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire is 10.5%.
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
- Church Road, Cainscross, Stroud, GL5 4JE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 195 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “Every pupil receives a warm welcome when they arrive each day.”
- “They have secure, positive relationships with each other and staff.”
To improve
- “While the impact is evident in current pupils’ learning, it is not yet reflected in published outcomes.”
- “However, assessment in the wider curriculum is not always precise.”
- “As a result, teachers do not always have in-depth knowledge of what pupils know and can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 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) | 74% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 15 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.
- Foxmoor Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cashes Green Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Callowell Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rodborough Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Rosary Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Randwick Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gastrells Community Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whiteshill Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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