Academy sponsor led · Gloucestershire

Lift Offa's Mead

4–11Ages
128Pupils
PrimaryPhase
138786URN

Beachley Road, Sedbury, Chepstow, NP16 7DT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.9per place

0.6 below Gloucestershire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

17 applications for 9 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

69%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 · 4 October 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision		Requires improvement

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

1.9applications per place, Reception

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

17 applications · 9 places offered · 8 named it first

2026 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2025 1.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2024 2.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
2023 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2022 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2021 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2020 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2019 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2018 1.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2017 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2016 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2015 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2014 1.0; 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	9	17	1.9	8	0.89
Sep 2025	23	23	1.0	15	0.65
Sep 2024	7	19	2.7	6	0.86
Sep 2023	17	18	1.1	12	0.71
Sep 2022	30	32	1.1	25	0.83
Sep 2021	14	22	1.6	13	0.93
Sep 2020	21	22	1.1	18	0.86
Sep 2019	22	23	1.1	20	0.91
Sep 2018	27	27	1.0	22	0.81
Sep 2017	27	45	1.7	32	1.19
Sep 2016	21	24	1.1	20	0.95
Sep 2015	24	27	1.1	21	0.88
Sep 2014	27	27	1.0	21	0.78

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 75% · Maths 75% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%77th of 208 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard81%

Gloucestershire 80% England 78%

Higher standard31%

Gloucestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard75%

Gloucestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth19%

Gloucestershire 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Gloucestershire 77% England 77%

Higher standard19%

Gloucestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (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	69%	13%	108	106
2023/24	54%	8%	104	104
2022/23	60%	20%	106	105

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

Lift Offa's MeadThis school
This school

Good2022

1.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Tutshill Church of England Primary School
1.4 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2024

1.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Oldbury on Severn Church of England Primary School
6.9 km · South Gloucestershire

Remains Good2022

2.0applications per place
Woolaston Primary School
8.3 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

2.5applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Olveston Church of England Primary School
8.7 km · South Gloucestershire

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Anglican / Methodist VC Primary
8.9 km · South Gloucestershire

Remains Good · concerns noted2024

1.6applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Severn Beach Primary School
9.2 km · South Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Thornbury
9.8 km · South Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.8applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Manorbrook Primary School
10.2 km · South Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 138786 · 916/2006
Trust: Lift Schools
Capacity: 210 pupils · 128 on roll
Free school meals: 27.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2012
Replaced: Offa's Mead Primary School (URN 115567)
Address: Beachley Road, Sedbury, Chepstow, NP16 7DT
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Forest of Dean

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