Foundation school · Gloucestershire

Oakwood Primary School

4–11Ages
310Pupils
PrimaryPhase
135857URN

Cotswold Road, Cheltenham, GL52 5HD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.0per place

1.5 below Gloucestershire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

30 applications for 30 places · 147th of 148 in Gloucestershire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

14%met the expected standard

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 30 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision	Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.0applications per place, Reception

1.5 below Gloucestershire median (2.5) 1.2 below England median (2.2)

30 applications · 30 places offered · 23 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2025 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2024 1.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
2023 1.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2022 1.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2021 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2020 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2019 1.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2018 1.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2017 0.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2016 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2015 0.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2014 0.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.3

More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Gloucestershire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	30	1.0	23	0.77
Sep 2025	40	44	1.1	23	0.57
Sep 2024	47	58	1.2	42	0.89
Sep 2023	44	58	1.3	36	0.82
Sep 2022	43	56	1.3	35	0.81
Sep 2021	60	65	1.1	45	0.75
Sep 2020	40	44	1.1	30	0.75
Sep 2019	39	48	1.2	36	0.92
Sep 2018	59	58	1.0	37	0.63
Sep 2017	58	54	0.9	39	0.67
Sep 2016	56	59	1.1	42	0.75
Sep 2015	52	35	0.7	23	0.44
Sep 2014	60	53	0.9	42	0.70

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 34% · Writing 38% · Maths 21% → all three 14% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard14%207th of 208 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard34%

Gloucestershire 80% England 78%

Higher standard5%

Gloucestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 96 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard38%

Gloucestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Gloucestershire 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard21%

Gloucestershire 77% England 77%

Higher standard0%

Gloucestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 94 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Gloucestershire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	14%	0%	96	94
2023/24	29%	0%	98	98
2022/23	30%	0%	100	97

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Oakwood Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

1.0applications per place 14%met the SATs standard
Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School
0.4 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

56%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Church of England Infant School
0.4 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

2.5applications per place
Dunalley Primary School
1.3 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

3.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
1.4 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.9applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Holy Apostles' Church of England Primary School
1.4 km · Gloucestershire

Standards maintained2025

4.6applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
St John's Church of England Primary School
1.7 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

5.1applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great
2.2 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

1.6applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Gardners Lane Primary School
2.5 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good · concerns noted2024

1.6applications per place 50%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Foundation school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 135857 · 916/5221
Trust: Child and Family Learning Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 310 on roll
Free school meals: 45.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2009
Address: Cotswold Road, Cheltenham, GL52 5HD
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Cheltenham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources