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Primary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Cold Aston Church of England Primary School

Cold Aston, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 3BN

Church of England
School website 01451820470
Ofsted No grade May 2025
Met the expected standard 75%  
Chance of a place 100% of first choices offered
Local deprivation 10/10 less deprived

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 20 May 2025.

This inspection did not give an overall grade. Read the report for Ofsted's findings; it cannot be compared as a single score with a historic grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Report card — no overall grade
Last overall grade in this dataset
Not stored — this dataset keeps the latest inspection, which has no overall grade
Days since inspection
500 days
Framework era
Current framework (no overall grade)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

75% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

8% England 8.1%

Average reading score

105 England 105.3

Average maths score

104 England 104.1

This year group had 6 pupils, so a single child moves the percentages above by about 16.7 points. Figures from a cohort this small swing widely from year to year and should be read as a rough indication, not a measurement. We do not report a national ranking for them.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Getting a place 2026/27 entry

About as many first choices as places. Of the 6 families who named this school as their first choice, 100% were offered a place.

Places offered
8

for entry into Reception

Named it first choice
6
First choices per place
0.75

England average 1.00

First choices offered a place
100%

England 95.1%

First preferences per place are down 18% on three years ago.

These are offers made on national offer day for 2026/27 entry, from the local authority's co-ordinated admissions round. They exclude later movement — waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions — so a school shown as oversubscribed may still have places by September.

Oversubscription measures popularity, not quality, and the two are not the same thing: a school can be heavily oversubscribed because of its intake, its faith designation or simply because the nearest alternative is further away. We do not publish catchment maps, because catchments are not published: each admissions authority applies its own criteria afresh every year, and the distance that got a child in last year is not a boundary. Read the school's own admissions arrangements for the rules that will actually apply.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
74
Places
105
How full
70% full — 74 of 105 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
34 / 40
Overall absence
4%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
3%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
2%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
4%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
0%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
5%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
0

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
0

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
0

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
4

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Not published

No station within 5km

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

10/10 Deprivation decile

Among the least deprived fifth of England.

10/10 Child poverty decile

Among the least deprived fifth of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£457,500

postcode sector GL54 3 · 84 sales

Typical range
£309,750 to £761,250

middle half of sales

Detached
£780,000
Semi-detached
£372,500
Terraced
£274,500
Flat
£511,250

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
38%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
15%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
17%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
10%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
53%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
74%

England 62.7%

Social housing
6%

England 17%

Privately rented
18%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
42%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
33%

England 22.5%

No car
11%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Cotswold 003B and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Executive Headteacher: Alison Rawlings
Opened as this establishment
1 October 2022
Register status
Open
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Ward
Bourton Vale
Constituency
North Cotswolds
URN
149254

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Admissions history

The official school-level admissions releases contain up to 13 national-offer-day observations, from 2014/15 to 2026/27. The chart shows first choices per place; the table keeps the underlying counts.

Reception

1.10 2023/24: 0.92 first choices per place2024/25: 1.00 first choices per place2025/26: 0.86 first choices per place2026/27: 0.75 first choices per place202320252026
All 4 annual observations
Entry yearPlacesFirst choicesPer placeFirst choices offered
2023/24 12 11 0.92 100%
2024/25 2 2 1.00 100%
2025/26 7 6 0.86 100%
2026/27 8 6 0.75 100%

These are annual observations, not forecasts. They exclude waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions. Each series follows this exact URN only, so academy conversions and missing releases remain visible as gaps rather than being joined by name.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
Bourton-on-the-Water Primary SchoolAcademy converter Report card 2026 76% 2.5 mi
Northleach Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school Good 2023 84% 3.5 mi
Sherborne Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 — 4.4 mi
Swell Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Report card 2026 — 4.5 mi
The Rissington SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 65% 4.7 mi
Temple Guiting Church of England SchoolVoluntary controlled school Good 2024 67% 5.5 mi
Stow-on-the-Wold Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 70% 5.6 mi
Andoversford Primary SchoolFoundation school Good 2022 58% 6.6 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 75%
Median of its 10 closest peers 86%
Gloucestershire average 60.3%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Ewelme CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Wallingford Good 2023 64%
East Haddon Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school Northampton No overall grade 75%
Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Ormskirk No overall grade 73%
Maidwell Primary SchoolCommunity school Northampton No overall grade 100%
St Martin's East Woodhay Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Newbury Good 2023 90%
Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' SchoolAcademy converter Salisbury No overall grade —
Amberley Parochial SchoolAcademy converter Stroud Good 2023 93%
Finchampstead CofE VA Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Wokingham No overall grade 76%
Elvington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school York Good 2024 86%
Swithland St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school Loughborough Good 2023 88%
Norbury Primary School and NurseryFoundation school Bishops Castle No overall grade 82%
Witley CofE Controlled Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled school Godalming No overall grade —

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 149254; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 20 May 2025
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
AdmissionsDfE school applications and offers2026/27 plus history to 2014/15Exact URN and entry point; national offer day
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

These sources are published for reuse under the Open Government Licence v3.0, including the Crown database-right notice that accompanies Price Paid Data. Definitions and source notes. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.

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