Woodmancote School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Cheltenham · GL52 9HN · Gloucestershire
Ages 4–11
- KS275%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM15.6%
- Demand1.05
1.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 137207
Gotherington Primary School
Academy converter · Cheltenham · GL52 9QT
Ages 4–11 · 197 pupils · Gloucestershire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
56%
Overall absence
4.5%
Admissions demand
1.07 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-12-06
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)56%
Higher standard (RWM)12%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.4%
Unauthorised0.5%
- Authorised absence
- 4.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 176
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.07 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
32
Places offered
30
1st-preference offers
28
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 131
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 30
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill98%
197 pupils · 202 places
- Pupils on roll
- 197
- Boys / girls
- 97 / 100
- School capacity
- 202
- Capacity fill
- 197 / 202 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 6.6%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: GOTHERINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- GOTHERINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Biddle
Location
- Address
- The Lawns, Gotherington
- Postcode
- GL52 9QT
- Town
- Cheltenham
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 197 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 6.6%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Cheltenham · GL52 8NN · Gloucestershire
Ages 4–11
- KS262%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM23.7%
- Demand0.95
1.3 miles away
Grangefield Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Cheltenham · GL52 8GL · Gloucestershire
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM14.5%
- Demand1.17
1.7 miles away
Gretton Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Cheltenham · GL54 5EY · Gloucestershire
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM8.7%
- Demand0.92
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Biddle
- Telephone
- 01242675454