Academy converter · Gloucestershire

Winchcombe Abbey Church of England Primary School

4–11Ages
261Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
140797URN

Back Lane, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, GL54 5PZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

1.0 below Gloucestershire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

38 applications for 25 places · 128th of 148 in Gloucestershire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

49%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 · 5 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision	Outstanding

Inspection history

5 June 2024
Graded inspection: Good
14 March 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (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

1.5applications per place, Reception

1.0 below Gloucestershire median (2.5) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

38 applications · 25 places offered · 23 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

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

2026 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2025 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2024 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
2023 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2022 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2021 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2020 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2019 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2018 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2017 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2016 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2015 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2014 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.3; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 0 of 12 years.

This school
Gloucestershire median

Dashed bars: as Winchcombe Abbey Church of England Primary School (URN 132782), the previous school.

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	25	38	1.5	23	0.92
Sep 2025	21	38	1.8	21	1.00
Sep 2024	45	64	1.4	48	1.07
Sep 2023	27	38	1.4	24	0.89
Sep 2022	43	61	1.4	43	1.00
Sep 2021	45	66	1.5	51	1.13
Sep 2020	40	55	1.4	39	0.98
Sep 2019	45	66	1.5	48	1.07
Sep 2018	45	65	1.4	43	0.96
Sep 2017	45	66	1.5	43	0.96
Sep 2016	41	68	1.7	40	0.98
Sep 2015	46	67	1.5	43	0.93
Sep 2014 *	42	58	1.4	42	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 82% · Writing 67% · Maths 56% → all three 49% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard49%164th of 208 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard82%

Gloucestershire 80% England 78%

Higher standard31%

Gloucestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard67%

Gloucestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth5%

Gloucestershire 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard56%

Gloucestershire 77% England 77%

Higher standard18%

Gloucestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	49%	3%	106	102
2023/24	58%	0%	108	103
2022/23	62%	0%	108	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

Winchcombe Abbey Church of England Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

1.5applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
Gretton Primary School
2.5 km · Gloucestershire

Requires improvement2024

2.9applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Isbourne Valley School
4.2 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

3.1applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Oak Hill Church of England Primary School
5.3 km · Gloucestershire

Requires improvement2022

2.0applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
Woodmancote School
5.6 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

3.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Gotherington Primary School
5.7 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

4.0applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy
6.4 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2024

1.5applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
Temple Guiting Church of England School
6.7 km · Gloucestershire

Good2024

1.8applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
Grangefield Primary School
6.9 km · Gloucestershire

Good2024

3.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140797 · 916/3368
Trust: The Diocese of Gloucester Academies Trust
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 315 pupils · 261 on roll
Free school meals: 16.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2014
Replaced: Winchcombe Abbey Church of England Primary School (URN 132782)
Address: Back Lane, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, GL54 5PZ
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Tewkesbury

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