Gotherington Primary School
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Academy converter in Cheltenham, GL52 9QT, taking ages 4 to 11, 197 on roll.
Will an address get in?
In the 2024/25 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Gotherington Primary School lived 119.0 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 119.0 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| How full | 197 pupils in 202 places (98% full) |
| Trust | GOTHERINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL |
| Local authority | Gloucestershire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 24 January 2024 |
| Meeting the expected standard | 66.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25) |
| Year | Meeting the expected standard |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 66.0% |
| 2023/24 | 56.0% |
| 2022/23 | 66.0% |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Gotherington Primary School
| Girls and boys | 50.8% girls, 49.2% boys |
| English as an additional language | 5.1% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 6.6% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Gotherington Primary School
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 119.0 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is WR11 at £265,000; the dearest, GL53, £565,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| WR11 | Wychavon | 10.4 mi | £265,000 161 sales |
| WR10 | Wychavon | 10.5 mi | £270,000 52 sales |
| GL20 | Tewkesbury | 4.3 mi | £299,000 66 sales |
| GL51 | Cheltenham | 5.2 mi | £315,000 52 sales |
| GL19 | Forest of Dean | 10.3 mi | £325,000 13 sales |
| GL3 | Tewkesbury | 8.8 mi | £337,500 22 sales |
| WR8 | Malvern Hills | 10.1 mi | £376,000 26 sales |
| GL52 | Cheltenham | 3.1 mi | £405,000 121 sales |
| WR12 | Wychavon | 9.3 mi | £455,000 73 sales |
| GL53 | Cheltenham | 5.9 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 Gotherington Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around GL52: 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 Gotherington Primary School?
Gotherington Primary 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 119.0 miles away, per Gloucestershire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Gotherington Primary School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 119.0 miles was enough in 2024/25, and at 98% full the school has little slack. 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 Gotherington Primary 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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How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →
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.