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Schools in Gloucestershire

327 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Gloucestershire has 303 state schools: 242 primary, 41 secondary. Between them they teach around 93,071 pupils. 258 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.1 out of 10, and 22 score 8 or above.

39 have a sixth form. 59 take children from age three or under. 115 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. 7 are selective and set an entrance test. How the score works.

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Gloucestershire covers several towns — jump straight to the schools in yours.

Cheltenham 69 schools Chipping Norton 13 schools Cirencester 20 schools Coleford 8 schools Dursley 9 schools Gloucester 84 schools Lydney 11 schools Stonehouse 11 schools Stroud 36 schools Tewkesbury 17 schools Wotton-under-Edge 9 schools
Abbeymead Primary School Gloucester · Outstanding Al Ashraf Primary School Gloucestershire Al-Ashraf Secondary School for Girls Gloucester · Requires improvement Alderman Knight School Tewkesbury · Outstanding All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham Cheltenham · Good Amberley Parochial School Stroud · Good Ampney Crucis Church of England Primary School Cirencester · Not judged Andoversford Primary School Cheltenham · Good Ann Cam Church of England Primary School Dymock · Good Ann Edwards Church of England Primary School Cirencester · Good Archway School Stroud · Good Ashchurch Primary School Tewkesbury · Good Ashleworth Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Good Ashley Manor Preparatory School Cheltenham Avening Primary School Tetbury · Good Aylburton Church of England Primary School Lydney · Good Balcarras School Cheltenham · Not judged Barnwood Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Good Barnwood Park School Gloucester · Good Battledown School Cheltenham · Good Beaudesert Park School Stroud Beech Green Primary School Gloucester · Requires improvement Belmont School Cheltenham · Outstanding Benhall Infant School Cheltenham · Good Berkeley Primary School Berkeley · Good Berkhampstead School Cheltenham Berry Hill Primary School Coleford · Not judged Bettridge School Cheltenham · Good Bibury Church of England Primary School Cirencester · Good Birdlip Primary School Gloucester · Good Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy Cheltenham · Good Bisley Blue Coat Church of England Primary School Stroud · Good Blakeney Primary School Blakeney · Requires improvement Bledington Primary School Chipping Norton · Good Blockley Church of England Primary School Moreton-in-Marsh · Good Blue Coat CofE Primary School Wotton-under-Edge · Good Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School Cheltenham · Good Bream Church of England Primary School Lydney · Good Brimscombe Church of England (VA) Primary School Stroud · Good Bromesberrow St Mary's Church of England Primary School Ledbury · Good Brook Academy Gloucester · Not judged Bussage Church of England Primary School Stroud · Good Callowell Primary School Stroud · Inadequate Calton Primary School Gloucester · Requires improvement Cam Everlands Primary School Dursley · Good Cam Hopton Church of England Primary School Dursley · Good Cam Woodfield Infant School Dursley · Not judged Cam Woodfield Junior School Dursley · Good Carrant Brook Junior School Tewkesbury · Requires improvement Cashes Green Primary School Stroud · Good Castle Hill Primary School Gloucester · Not judged Chalford Hill Primary School Stroud · Requires improvement Charlton Kings Infants' School Cheltenham · Good Charlton Kings Junior School Cheltenham · Good Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre Cheltenham · Good Cheltenham College Cheltenham Cheltenham Ladies' College Cheltenham Chesterton Primary School Cirencester · Not judged Chipping Campden School Chipping Campden · Not judged Chosen Hill School Gloucester · Not judged Christ Church CofE Primary School Cheltenham · Outstanding Churcham Primary School Gloucester · Good Churchdown Parton Manor Infant School Gloucester · Not judged Churchdown Parton Manor Junior School Gloucester · Good Churchdown School Gloucester · Good Churchdown Village Infant School Gloucester · Not judged Churchdown Village Junior School Gloucester · Good Cirencester College Cirencester · Requires improvement Cirencester Deer Park School Cirencester · Good Cirencester Kingshill School Cirencester · Not judged Cirencester Primary School Cirencester · Good Clearwater Church of England Primary Academy Gloucester · Good Clearwell Church of England Primary School Coleford · Good Cleeve School Cheltenham · Not judged Coaley Church of England Primary Academy Dursley · Good Coalway Primary School Coleford · Good Coberley Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Good Cold Aston Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Not judged Coney Hill Community Primary School Gloucester · Good Coopers Edge School Brockworth · Good Cranham Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Good Dean Close Airthrie CHELTENHAM Dean Close Preparatory School Cheltenham Dean Close School Cheltenham Dean Close St John's Chepstow Deerhurst and Apperley Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Outstanding Dene Magna School Mitcheldean · Not judged Denmark Road High School Gloucester · Good · Grammar Dinglewell Infant School Gloucester · Good Dinglewell Junior School Gloucester · Good Down Ampney Church of England Primary School Cirencester · Good Drybrook Primary School Drybrook · Not judged Dunalley Primary School Cheltenham · Good Dursley Church of England Primary Academy Dursley · Not judged Eastcombe Primary School Stroud · Good Eastington Primary School Stonehouse · Good Edward Jenner School Gloucester Ellwood Primary School Coleford · Good Elmbridge Primary School Gloucester · Good English Bicknor Church of England Primary School Coleford · Good Fairford Church of England Primary School Fairford · Outstanding Farmor's School Fairford · Good Field Court Church of England Infant Academy Gloucester · Good Field Court Junior School Gloucester · Not judged Finlay Community School Gloucester · Good Five Acres High School Coleford · Good Forest View Primary School Cinderford · Good Foxmoor Primary School Stroud · Good Gardners Lane Primary School Cheltenham · Good Gastrells Community Primary School Stroud · Not judged Glebe Infants' School Newent · Good Glenfall Community Primary School Cheltenham · Good Gloucester Academy Gloucester · Not judged Gloucester Road Primary School Cheltenham · Outstanding Gloucestershire College Gloucester Gotherington Primary School Cheltenham · Good Grange Primary Academy · Not judged Grangefield Primary School Cheltenham · Good Great Oldbury Primary Academy Stonehouse · Good Greatfield Park Primary School Cheltenham · Not judged Gretton Primary School Cheltenham · Requires improvement Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy Gloucester · Good Haresfield Church of England Primary School Stonehouse · Good Harewood Infant School Gloucester · Good Harewood Junior School Gloucester · Good Hartpury Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Good Hartpury College Gloucester · Outstanding Hatherley Infant School Gloucester · Good Hatherop Castle School Gloucestershire Hatherop Church of England Primary School Nr Cirencester · Good Heart of the Forest Community Special School Coleford · Not judged Hempsted Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Good Henley Bank High School Gloucester · Good Heron Primary School Gloucester · Not judged Hesters Way Primary School Cheltenham · Good Highnam CofE Primary Academy Gloucester · Good Hillesley Church of England Primary School Wotton-under-Edge · Good Hillside Primary School Gloucester · Good Hillview Primary School Gloucester · Good Holmleigh Park High School Gloucester · Good Holy Apostles' Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Good Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Not judged Hope Brook CofE Primary School Longhope · Good Hopelands Preparatory School Horsley Church of England Primary School Stroud · Good Huntley Church of England Primary School Huntley · Good Hunts Grove Primary Academy Gloucester · Good Innsworth Infant School Gloucester · Good Innsworth Junior School Gloucester · Good Isbourne Valley School Cheltenham · Good Katharine Lady Berkeley's School Wotton-under-Edge · Good Kemble Primary School Cirencester · Good Kempsford Church of England Primary School Fairford · Good King's Stanley CofE Primary School Stonehouse · Good Kingsholm Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Not judged Kingsway Primary School Gloucester · Good Kingswood Primary School Kingswood · Good Lakefield CofE Primary School Gloucester · Good Lakeside Primary School Cheltenham · Good Leckhampton Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Good Leighterton Primary School Tetbury · Good Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School Stonehouse · Not judged Lift Brockworth Gloucester · Good Lift Crescent View Cheltenham · Good Lift Offa's Mead Chepstow · Good Linden Primary School Gloucester · Good Littledean Church of England Primary School Cinderford · Requires improvement Longborough Church of England Primary School Moreton-in-Marsh · Good Longford Park Primary Academy Gloucester · Good Longlevens Infant School Gloucester · Good Longlevens Junior School Gloucester · Good Longney Church of England Primary Academy Gloucester · Good Lydbrook Primary School Lydbrook · Good Lydney Church of England Community School Lydney · Good Maidenhill School Stonehouse · Good Marling School Stroud · Not judged · Grammar Meadowside Primary School Gloucester · Not judged Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary School Cirencester · Good Mickleton Primary School Chipping Campden · Good Minchinhampton Primary Academy Stroud · Not judged Miserden Church of England Primary School Stroud · Good Mitcheldean Endowed Primary School Mitcheldean · Good Mitton Manor Primary School Tewkesbury · Good Nailsworth Church of England Primary School STROUD · Not judged National Star College Cheltenham · Good Naunton Park Primary School Cheltenham · Not judged Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre Newent · Good Newnham St Peter's Church of England Primary School Newnham · Good North Cerney Church of England Primary Academy Cirencester · Good North Nibley CofE Primary School Wotton-Under-Edge · Good Northleach Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Good Northway Infant School Tewkesbury · Outstanding Norton Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Good Oak Hill Church of England Primary School Tewkesbury · Requires improvement Oakridge Parochial School Stroud · Good Oakwood Primary School Cheltenham · Requires improvement OneSchoolGlobal Bristol Campus Gloucestershire Oneschool Global Uk - Tewkesbury Campus Tewkesbury Park Junior School Stonehouse · Requires improvement Parkend Primary School Lydney · Good Pate's Grammar School Cheltenham · Outstanding · Grammar Paternoster School Cirencester · Good Pauntley Church of England Primary School Newent · Good Peak Academy Dursley · Not judged Picklenash Junior School Newent · Not judged Pillowell Community Primary School Lydney · Requires improvement Pittville School Cheltenham · Good Powell's Church of England Primary School Cirencester · Outstanding Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School Cheltenham · Good Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy Lydney · Good Queen Margaret Primary Academy Tewkesbury · Requires improvement Randwick Church of England Primary School Stroud · Not judged Redbrook Church of England Primary School Monmouth · Good Redmarley Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Good Rednock School Dursley · Good Rendcomb College Cirencester Ribston Hall High School Gloucester · Good · Grammar Rodborough Community Primary School Stroud · Good Rodmarton Primary School Cirencester · Good Rowanfield Infant School Cheltenham · Good Rowanfield Junior School Cheltenham · Good Ruardean Church of England Primary School Ruardean · Good Ruskin Mill College Horsley · Good SGS Berkeley Green UTC Berkeley · Good SGS Forest High School Cinderford · Requires improvement Sapperton Church of England Primary School Cirencester · Good Severn Vale School Gloucester · Good Severnbanks Primary School Lydney · Good Sharpness Primary School Berkeley · Good Sheepscombe Primary School Stroud · Good Sherborne Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Good Shurdington Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Not judged Siddington Church of England Primary School Cirencester · Good Sir Thomas Rich's School Gloucester · Good · Grammar Sir William Romney's School Tetbury · Good Skylark Plus Limited Berkeley Sladewood Academy Stroud Slimbridge Primary School Gloucester · Good Soudley School Cinderford · Requires improvement Southrop Church of England Primary School Lechlade · Requires improvement Springbank Primary Academy Cheltenham · Good St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Chedworth · Not judged St Briavels Parochial Church of England Primary School Lydney · Good St Catharine's Catholic Primary School Chipping Campden · Good St David's Church of England Primary School Moreton-in-Marsh · Good St Edward's School Cheltenham St James and Ebrington Church of England Primary School Chipping Campden · Requires improvement St James' Church of England Junior School Gloucester · Requires improvement St James' Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Good St John's C of E Academy Coleford · Good St John's Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Stonehouse · Good St Lawrence Church of England Primary School Lechlade · Good St Mark's Church of England Junior School Cheltenham · Good St Martins Centre (St Roses School) Stroud · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School Gloucester · Good St Mary's Church of England Infant School Cheltenham · Good St Mary's Church of England Primary School Tetbury · Good St Matthew's Church of England Primary School Stroud · Good St Paul's Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Good St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre Gloucester · Good St Peter's Catholic Primary School Gloucester · Good St Rose's Special School Stroud · Not judged St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Cheltenham · Good St White's Primary School Cinderford · Not judged Staunton and Corse Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Not judged Steam Mills Primary School Cinderford · Good Stone with Woodford Church of England Primary School Berkeley · Not judged Stonehouse Park Infant School Stonehouse · Good Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School Cheltenham · Good Stratton Church of England Primary School Cirencester · Good Stroud High School Stroud · Outstanding · Grammar Stroud Valley Community Primary School Stroud · Good Swell Church of England Primary School Cotswold · Good Swindon Village Primary School Cheltenham · Good Temple Guiting Church of England School CHELTENHAM · Good Tewkesbury Academy Tewkesbury · Not judged Tewkesbury Church of England Primary School Tewkesbury · Not judged The Acorn School Stroud · Outstanding The British School Wotton-under-Edge · Good The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great Cheltenham · Good The Cotswold Academy Cheltenham · Not judged The Croft Primary School Stroud · Good The Crypt School Gloucester · Outstanding · Grammar The Dean Academy Lydney · Good The High School Leckhampton Cheltenham · Outstanding The John Moore Primary School Tewkesbury · Good The King's School, Gloucester Gloucester The Milestone School Gloucester · Not judged The Richard Pate School Cheltenham The Rissington School Cheltenham · Good The Rosary Catholic Primary School Stroud · Good The Shrubberies School Stonehouse · Good Thomas Keble School Stroud · Good Thrupp School Stroud · Not judged Tibberton Community Primary School and Early Years Gloucester · Good Tirlebrook Primary School Tewkesbury · Good Tredington Community Primary School Tewkesbury · Good Tredworth Infant and Nursery Academy Gloucester · Good Tredworth Junior School Gloucester · Good Tutshill Church of England Primary School Chepstow · Good Twyning School Tewkesbury · Good Uley Church of England Primary School Dursley · Good Uplands Community Primary School Stroud · Not judged Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Outstanding Walmore Hill Primary School Gloucester · Not judged Warden Hill Primary School Cheltenham · Good Watermoor Church of England Primary School Cirencester · Not judged Waterwells Primary Academy Gloucester · Good Westbury-on-Severn Church of England Primary School Westbury-on-Severn · Good Westonbirt School Tetbury Whiteshill Primary School Stroud · Good Whitminster Endowed Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Good Widden Primary School Gloucester · Requires improvement Willersey Church of England Primary School Broadway · Good Willow Primary Academy Gloucester · Good Winchcombe Abbey Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Good Winchcombe School Cheltenham · Good Withington Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Good Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary School Stroud · Outstanding Woodmancote School Cheltenham · Good Woodside Primary School Ruardean · Good Woolaston Primary School Lydney · Good Wotton House International School Gloucestershire Gloucester Wycliffe College Stonehouse Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre Chepstow · Good Yorkley Primary School Lydney · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Ashleworth Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.0 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Churcham Primary School Good · ×0.14 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Longborough Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.5 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St John's C of E Academy Good · ×0.53 1st prefs/place (2026/27) All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham Good · ×0.6 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy Good · ×0.6 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Pauntley Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.6 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Redbrook Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.6 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Tredington Community Primary School Good · ×0.64 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bibury Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Gloucestershire

Primary schools: Explicit: 'Generally, there are no catchment areas for primary schools' — straight-line distance is the tiebreaker for community/VC schools. Voluntary aided/academy/foundation schools may still set their own catchment. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Gloucestershire entrance test format

Two multiple-choice papers (GL Assessment style), covering verbal ability (English and verbal reasoning), numerical reasoning (maths), and non-verbal reasoning. Each paper takes around an hour including instructions and worked examples. A qualifying rank on the test is not itself an offer — you must also list the grammar school(s) on your home LA's secondary school application form by the normal 31 October deadline.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Registration opens 2026-05-18 (passed)
Sept 2027 Registration closes 2026-06-26 (passed)
Sept 2027 Test date 2026-09-12
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Test date 2025-09-13 (passed)
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-01 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

Out-of-area applications

Gloucestershire's seven grammar schools (Pate's, Cheltenham's Ladies' College is independent; the state grammars include Sir Thomas Rich's, Marling, Gloucester Academy, Ribston Hall, Denmark Road, and Stroud High) accept applications from children outside Gloucestershire. Registration: out-of-county families register directly with Gloucestershire County Council for the grammar school test. Registration typically opens in May/June for a September/October test. Applying for a place: apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October, listing the Gloucestershire school(s) you want. Criteria impact: Gloucestershire grammar schools are score-ranked — places go to the highest-scoring eligible children. There is no fixed pass mark and no distance tiebreaker in the ordinary sense. Out-of-county children compete purely on test score, on equal terms with local children.

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