Free schools · Gloucestershire

Longford Park Primary Academy

2–11Ages
263Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143655URN

Clock Tower Road, Longford, Gloucester, GL2 9FP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.5per place

1.0 above Gloucestershire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

107 applications for 31 places · 15th of 148 in Gloucestershire

Every year since 2018

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

71%met the expected standard

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

10 February 2026
Report card · 7 Expected standard
12 January 2022
Graded inspection: 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

3.5applications per place, Reception

1.0 above Gloucestershire median (2.5) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

107 applications · 31 places offered · 33 named it first

2026 3.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2025 4.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2024 3.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
2023 4.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2022 4.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2021 3.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2020 3.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2019 3.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2018 3.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.3

More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 9 of 9 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	31	107	3.5	33	1.06
Sep 2025	29	131	4.5	45	1.55
Sep 2024	30	114	3.8	35	1.17
Sep 2023	30	125	4.2	44	1.47
Sep 2022	29	115	4.0	37	1.28
Sep 2021	30	97	3.2	47	1.57
Sep 2020	30	113	3.8	41	1.37
Sep 2019	30	106	3.5	37	1.23
Sep 2018	29	102	3.5	31	1.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 75% · Maths 77% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard71%61st of 208 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard67%

Gloucestershire 80% England 78%

Higher standard30%

Gloucestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard75%

Gloucestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth14%

Gloucestershire 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard77%

Gloucestershire 77% England 77%

Higher standard17%

Gloucestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (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	71%	11%	104	104
2023/24	61%	10%	106	105
2022/23	53%	13%	104	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

Longford Park Primary AcademyThis school
This school

2026

3.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Longlevens Junior School
1.3 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2024

60%met the SATs standard
Innsworth Junior School
1.4 km · Gloucestershire

Good2024

36%met the SATs standard
Longlevens Infant School
1.6 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2024

2.1applications per place
Kingsholm Church of England Primary School
1.7 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Innsworth Infant School
1.9 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

1.9applications per place
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
1.9 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Elmbridge Primary School
2.0 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good · improving2023

2.5applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Widden Primary School
2.4 km · Gloucestershire

Requires improvement2022

1.9applications per place 36%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Free schools
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143655 · 916/2029
Trust: Gloucestershire Learning Alliance
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 214 pupils · 263 on roll
Free school meals: 11.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2017
Address: Clock Tower Road, Longford, Gloucester, GL2 9FP
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Tewkesbury

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