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St John's C of E Academy

  • 4–11Ages
  • 155Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 145123URN

Bowens Hill Road, Coleford, GL16 8DU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.7 below Gloucestershire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

27 applications for 15 places · 107th of 148 in Gloucestershire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
54%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 2 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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Inspection history

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 19 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
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Gloucestershire median (2.5) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

27 applications · 15 places offered · 8 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
  3. 2024 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
  6. 2021 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  9. 2017 1.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  10. 2016 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2015 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.4; as the previous school
  12. 2014 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.3; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Gloucestershire median

Dashed bars: as St John's Church of England Academy (URN 138745), St John's Church of England Primary School (URN 115618), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202615271.880.53
Sep 202525351.4240.96
Sep 202415261.7151.00
Sep 202324391.6200.83
Sep 202221271.3211.00
Sep 202120271.4170.85
Sep 202017291.7160.94
Sep 201912191.6110.92
Sep 2017 *30351.2290.97
Sep 2016 *26481.9230.88
Sep 2015 *45611.4400.89
Sep 2014 *30511.7311.03

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 58% · Writing 79% · Maths 75% → all three 54% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard54%149th of 208 in Gloucestershire
Reading
Expected standard58%
Higher standard38%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard79%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard75%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Gloucestershire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2554%8%103103
2023/2457%0%103102
2022/2342%5%100100

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145123 · 916/2038
Trust
The Diocese of Gloucester Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 155 on roll
Free school meals
36.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
St John's Church of England Academy (URN 138745); St John's Church of England Primary School (URN 115618)
Address
Bowens Hill Road, Coleford, GL16 8DU
Local authority
Gloucestershire · Forest of Dean

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