Kingsholm Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Gloucestershire·GL1 3BN
Composite score
50.4
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#7,118
National rank
#691
In South West
#108
In Gloucestershire
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
65 first choices, 75 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
106
any preference, for 75 places
Last place offered lived
3.59 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 5778 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.9020230.9020240.9420250.872026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
617
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
34.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
27.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,276
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Kingsholm Church of England Primary School

Kingsholm Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 617 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 56% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 18.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 98% of the families who made Kingsholm Church of England Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 3.59 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 19.2 pupils per teacher. Kingsholm Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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