Academy converter · Gloucestershire

Highnam CofE Primary Academy

4–11Ages
206Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
137102URN

Wetherleigh Drive, Highnam, Gloucester, GL2 8LW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

0.3 below Gloucestershire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

62 applications for 29 places · 81st of 148 in Gloucestershire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

68%met the expected standard

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
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

2.1applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Gloucestershire median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

62 applications · 29 places offered · 39 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2025 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2024 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
2023 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2022 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2021 2.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2020 2.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2019 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2018 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2017 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2016 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2015 2.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2014 2.3; 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	29	62	2.1	39	1.34
Sep 2025	22	50	2.3	21	0.95
Sep 2024	30	69	2.3	37	1.23
Sep 2023	26	46	1.8	25	0.96
Sep 2022	30	61	2.0	39	1.30
Sep 2021	30	67	2.2	36	1.20
Sep 2020	30	65	2.2	35	1.17
Sep 2019	29	50	1.7	29	1.00
Sep 2018	30	54	1.8	25	0.83
Sep 2017	30	60	2.0	35	1.17
Sep 2016	26	53	2.0	19	0.73
Sep 2015	31	66	2.1	33	1.06
Sep 2014	23	52	2.3	21	0.91

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 81% · Maths 87% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%83rd of 208 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard84%

Gloucestershire 80% England 78%

Higher standard52%

Gloucestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard81%

Gloucestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth13%

Gloucestershire 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard87%

Gloucestershire 77% England 77%

Higher standard23%

Gloucestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

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Gloucestershire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	68%	6%	108	106
2023/24	81%	3%	107	106
2022/23	90%	3%	108	107

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

Highnam CofE Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Good2023

2.1applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Hempsted Church of England Primary School
3.7 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

2.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Kingsholm Church of England Primary School
3.8 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Tibberton Community Primary School and Early Years
4.0 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

3.6applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
St Paul's Church of England Primary School
4.1 km · Gloucestershire

Good2024

2.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Churcham Primary School
4.2 km · Gloucestershire

Good2024

1.3applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Hartpury Church of England Primary School
4.4 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

2.8applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
Longford Park Primary Academy
4.5 km · Gloucestershire

2026

3.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Widden Primary School
4.5 km · Gloucestershire

Requires improvement2022

1.9applications per place 36%met the SATs standard

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 137102 · 916/3084
Trust: Primary Quest Multi-Academy Trust
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 210 pupils · 206 on roll
Free school meals: 8.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 August 2011
Replaced: Highnam Church of England Primary School (URN 115662)
Address: Wetherleigh Drive, Highnam, Gloucester, GL2 8LW
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Tewkesbury

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