Widden Primary School

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · 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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Widden Primary School is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Widden 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, as at 132 of the 223 other Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
There were 45 first-choice applications for 45 Reception offers in 2026; places ran out in 1 of the 3 earlier years with a published outcome.
In 2024/25, 36% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
That 2024/25 figure was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire that have results.

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: Sinope Street, Gloucester, GL1 4AW
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 438 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 35.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.1

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	36%	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: 45 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 45 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.

St James' Church of England Junior School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Hatherley Infant School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Tredworth Infant and Nursery Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Kingsholm Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Tredworth Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
St Paul's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Coney Hill Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published