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Coopers Edge School

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Foundation school in Brockworth, GL3 4DY, taking ages 4 to 11, 403 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Dec 2023
94.0 mi Admitted from, 2024/25
96% Full
58.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In the 2024/25 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Coopers Edge School lived 94.0 miles away, according to Gloucestershire. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.

The circle is 94.0 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.

This is not a catchment area. Most English schools do not have one. When Coopers Edge 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. 94.0 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 403 pupils in 420 places (96% full)
TrustThe Coopers Edge Trust
Local authorityGloucestershire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 07 December 2023
Meeting the expected standard 58.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 58.0%
2023/24 42.0%
2022/23 28.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Coopers Edge School

Girls and boys48.1% girls, 51.9% boys
English as an additional language11.2% of pupils
Free school meals18.4% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Coopers Edge School

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 94.0 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is GL4 at £220,000; the dearest, GL53, £565,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
GL4 Gloucester 1.6 mi £220,000 72 sales
GL2 Gloucester 3.7 mi £270,000 108 sales
GL10 Stroud 8.1 mi £290,000 105 sales
GL51 Cheltenham 5.0 mi £315,000 52 sales
GL19 Forest of Dean 8.5 mi £325,000 13 sales
GL3 Tewkesbury 1.5 mi £337,500 22 sales
GL5 Stroud 7.4 mi £355,000 70 sales
GL6 Stroud 7.5 mi £360,000 53 sales
GL52 Cheltenham 7.5 mi £405,000 121 sales
GL53 Cheltenham 5.5 mi £565,000 85 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Coopers Edge School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around GL3: ages, selection, and how full each one is →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Coopers Edge School?

Coopers Edge 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 94.0 miles away, per Gloucestershire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Coopers Edge School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 94.0 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 Coopers Edge School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings 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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Admission distance published by Gloucestershire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.