Watermoor Church of England Primary School

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Cirencester, 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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Watermoor Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Cirencester, Gloucestershire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 20 May 2025. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Watermoor 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
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 7 earlier figures.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 6 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
The last distance offered for Reception swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2015 to 2017.
Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 20 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 29th lowest of 221 Gloucestershire primary schools.
In 2024/25, 45% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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: Kingshill Lane, Cirencester, GL7 1SY
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 183 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 15.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.5

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 20 May 2025

Strengths

“Pupils like attending this school.”
“They value the opportunities to lead such as becoming house captains, ‘play leaders’ and librarians.”
“They are proud that the current Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Cirencester Junior Town Council are pupils at the school.”

To improve

“Some pupils have previously had gaps in their learning.”
“However, in some subjects, sometimes staff do not check what pupils know as effectively as they could.”
“When this happens, it affects how well some pupils achieve.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 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)	45%	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: 16 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 16 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.

Cirencester Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Powell's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Chesterton Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Siddington Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
Stratton Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
Ampney Crucis Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Ann Edwards Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
North Cerney Church of England Primary Academy 4.0 mi Good Last distance published