Oakridge Parochial School
Voluntary aided school in Stroud, GL6 7NR, taking ages 4 to 11, 29 on roll.
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In 2024/25, the furthest child offered a place lived 14 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
How this compares: every Gloucestershire school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 14 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25.
Oakridge Parochial School: 14 miles, 2024/25 Thomas Keble School: 2 miles, 2024/25, published by Gloucestershire
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Oakridge Parochial School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2024/25, from Gloucestershire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Gloucestershire, published admission distances, 2024/25
Where Oakridge Parochial School and Thomas Keble School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Thomas Keble School admitted from 2 miles in 2024/25, published by Gloucestershire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is GL6 at £360,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From Oakridge Parochial School | From Thomas Keble School | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL6 | Stroud | 2.8 mi | 1.5 mi | £360,000 55 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Oakridge Parochial School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Keble School Both in reach | Secondary | 2.0 mi 2024/25 | 1.4 mi |
| Bussage Church of England Primary School | Primary | No limit 2024/25 | 1.5 mi |
| Bisley Blue Coat Church of England Primary School | Primary | No limit 2024/25 | 1.7 mi |
| Sapperton Church of England Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 18.0 mi 2024/25 | 2.1 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | Church of England |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 29 pupils in 42 places (69% full) |
| Local authority | Gloucestershire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 05 December 2022. Ungraded inspection, December 2022: school remains Good |
| Year | Meeting the expected standard |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | not published |
| 2022/23 | 56.0% |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Oakridge Parochial School
| Girls and boys | 58.6% girls, 41.4% boys |
| English as an additional language | 0.0% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 24.1% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Oakridge Parochial School
Cheapest district inside the 14 miles: GL1, median £155,000. Dearest: GL7, £685,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL1 | Gloucester | 10.2 mi | £155,000 122 sales |
| GL4 | Gloucester | 8.6 mi | £220,000 67 sales |
| GL2 | Gloucester | 9.9 mi | £265,000 113 sales |
| GL10 | Stroud | 6.9 mi | £280,000 103 sales |
| GL11 | Stroud | 10.2 mi | £322,500 103 sales |
| GL3 | Tewkesbury | 9.5 mi | £337,500 22 sales |
| GL5 | Stroud | 4.0 mi | £355,000 75 sales |
| GL6 | Stroud | 2.8 mi | £360,000 55 sales |
| GL8 | Cotswold | 6.3 mi | £375,000 116 sales |
| SN16 | Wiltshire | 9.6 mi | £420,000 82 sales |
| GL53 | Cheltenham | 10.6 mi | £570,000 89 sales |
| GL7 | Cotswold | 10.0 mi | £685,000 9 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 14 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Oakridge Parochial School by bus
Best-served stop: The Crescent, 0.2 mi away, with 0.4 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 07:46, last 16:15.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crescent | 0.2 mi | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8B, 8 |
| Far Oakridge Road | 0.4 mi | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8B |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Oakridge Parochial School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around GL6: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at GL6 7NR, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for Oakridge Parochial School?
Oakridge Parochial School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 14 miles away, per Gloucestershire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Oakridge Parochial School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 14 miles was enough in 2024/25. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Oakridge Parochial School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Gloucestershire school's distance
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