Academy converter · Gloucestershire

The Rosary Catholic Primary School

4–11Ages
135Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
137410URN

Beeches Green, Stroud, GL5 4AB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.8per place

0.3 above Gloucestershire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

22 applications for 8 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

57%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 · 8 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

8 May 2024
Graded inspection: Good
8 March 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

2.8applications per place, Reception

0.3 above Gloucestershire median (2.5) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

22 applications · 8 places offered · 7 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2025 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2024 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
2023 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2022 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2021 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2020 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2019 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2018 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2017 1.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2016 1.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2015 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2014 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.3

More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 1 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	8	22	2.8	7	0.88
Sep 2025	10	19	1.9	9	0.90
Sep 2024	12	28	2.3	11	0.92
Sep 2023	11	17	1.6	10	0.91
Sep 2022	16	26	1.6	13	0.81
Sep 2021	19	34	1.8	18	0.95
Sep 2020	19	31	1.6	18	0.95
Sep 2019	21	34	1.6	18	0.86
Sep 2018	18	35	1.9	18	1.00
Sep 2017	21	28	1.3	17	0.81
Sep 2016	30	40	1.3	25	0.83
Sep 2015	23	47	2.0	20	0.87
Sep 2014	30	44	1.5	26	0.87

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 73% · Maths 67% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard57%130th of 208 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard80%

Gloucestershire 80% England 78%

Higher standard33%

Gloucestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard73%

Gloucestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth10%

Gloucestershire 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard67%

Gloucestershire 77% England 77%

Higher standard23%

Gloucestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (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	57%	7%	106	103
2023/24	59%	7%	104	104
2022/23	59%	3%	105	103

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

The Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

2.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Rodborough Community Primary School
0.6 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Stroud Valley Community Primary School
0.7 km · Gloucestershire

Good2022

2.2applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Uplands Community Primary School
0.8 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Lift Callowell
1.0 km · Gloucestershire

Special measures 2026

1.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
1.7 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

2.8applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Gastrells Community Primary School
1.8 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.7applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
Cashes Green Primary School
1.9 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Whiteshill Primary School
2.0 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2024

2.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 137410 · 916/3357
Trust: Little Way Catholic Educational Trust
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 210 pupils · 135 on roll
Free school meals: 31.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2011
Replaced: The Rosary Catholic Primary School (URN 115708)
Address: Beeches Green, Stroud, GL5 4AB
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Stroud

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