Best primary schools in Gloucestershire (2026)
Gloucestershire has 265 ranked primary schools with published results. The top-ranked is Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary School, in the top 1% in England. The average reading, writing & maths here in 2025 was 62%, against 62% for England. 15 are in England's top 10%, and 5 are rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
| Rank | School | Reading, writing & maths (2023–2025 average) | Reading, writing & maths 2025 | Trend | Higher standard | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Top 1% in England |
Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary School Meysey Hampton · Church of England |
100% | 100% | 27% | Good | |
2 Top 2% in England |
Marshfield Church of England Primary School Marshfield (South Gloucestershire) · Church of England |
90% | 93% | 20% | No rating | |
3 Top 2% in England |
Hambrook Primary School Whiteshill (South Gloucestershire) |
91% | 93% | 27% | Good | |
4 Top 2% in England |
Stone with Woodford Church of England Primary School Stone (Stroud) · Church of England |
88% | 92% | 42% | Not judged | |
5 Top 2% in England |
Amberley Parochial School Amberley (Stroud) · Church of England |
87% | 87% | 20% | No rating | |
6 Top 2% in England |
Deerhurst and Apperley Church of England Primary School Apperley · Church of England |
87% | 82% | 27% | No rating | |
7 Top 3% in England |
Birdlip Primary School Cotswold |
82% | 80% | 33% | Good | |
8 Top 3% in England |
Leighterton Primary School Cotswold |
92% | 92% | 8% | Report card | |
9 Top 5% in England |
Beacon Rise Primary School Kingswood and Fishponds |
85% | 89% | 20% | Outstanding | |
10 Top 5% in England |
Leckhampton Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Church of England |
79% | 81% | 27% | Good | |
11 Top 5% in England |
Hatherop Church of England Primary School Hatherop · Church of England |
83% | 77% | 15% | No rating | |
12 Top 6% in England |
Frampton Cotterell Church of England Primary School Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne · Church of England |
87% | 88% | 12% | Report card | |
13 Top 7% in England |
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Nympsfield · Roman Catholic |
80% | 80% | 20% | No rating | |
14 Top 10% in England |
St Mary's Catholic Primary School Innsworth · Roman Catholic |
79% | 83% | 10% | Good | |
15 Top 10% in England |
Kemble Primary School Kemble |
73% | 77% | 31% | Good | |
16 Top 11% in England |
Powell's Church of England Primary School Cirencester · Church of England |
77% | 78% | 15% | Outstanding | |
17 Top 11% in England |
Mangotsfield Church of England Primary School Kingswood and Fishponds · Church of England |
78% | 78% | 15% | Not judged | |
18 Top 11% in England |
Ashchurch Primary School Ashchurch |
81% | 79% | 11% | No rating | |
19 Top 11% in England |
Coniston Primary School Patchway |
82% | 86% | 10% | Good | |
20 Top 12% in England |
Field Court Junior School Quedgeley and Hardwicke |
78% | 71% | 17% | Not judged | |
21 Top 12% in England |
Temple Guiting Church of England School Cotswold · Church of England |
83% | 82% | 0% | Good | |
22 Top 12% in England |
Charlton Kings Junior School Cheltenham |
78% | 84% | 18% | No rating | |
23 Top 12% in England |
Holy Apostles' Church of England Primary School Cheltenham · Church of England |
79% | 82% | 18% | Good | |
24 Top 12% in England |
Harewood Junior School Gloucester |
78% | 81% | 16% | No rating | |
25 Top 12% in England |
Minchinhampton Primary Academy Minchinhampton · Church of England |
77% | 73% | 10% | Not judged | |
26 Top 12% in England |
Fairford Church of England Primary School Fairford · Church of England |
73% | 81% | 25% | No rating | |
27 Top 13% in England |
Castle Hill Primary School Brockworth |
76% | 61% | 10% | Not judged | |
28 Top 14% in England |
Mitcheldean Endowed Primary School Mitcheldean · Church of England |
79% | 74% | 13% | No rating | |
29 Top 14% in England |
Horsley Church of England Primary School Horsley (Stroud) · Church of England |
75% | 82% | 18% | Good | |
30 Top 14% in England |
Huntley Church of England Primary School Forest of Dean · Church of England |
77% | 82% | 12% | Good | |
31 Top 16% in England |
The Rissington School Upper Rissington |
73% | 79% | 10% | Good | |
32 Top 16% in England |
Highnam CofE Primary Academy Highnam · Church of England |
80% | 68% | 6% | Good | |
33 Top 16% in England |
The John Moore Primary School Tewkesbury |
75% | 70% | 7% | No rating | |
34 Top 16% in England |
Eastington Primary School Stroud |
75% | 75% | 5% | Good | |
35 Top 17% in England |
Lakefield CofE Primary School Frampton on Severn · Church of England |
74% | 71% | 13% | No rating | |
36 Top 18% in England |
Dinglewell Junior School Gloucester |
75% | 78% | 11% | No rating | |
37 Top 18% in England |
Glenfall Community Primary School Cheltenham |
77% | 77% | 3% | No rating | |
38 Top 18% in England |
Blockley Church of England Primary School Blockley · Church of England |
75% | 74% | 11% | Good | |
39 Top 18% in England |
Christ Church, Church of England Junior School, Downend Kingswood and Fishponds · Church of England |
73% | 75% | 13% | No rating | |
40 Top 18% in England |
Hempsted Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Church of England |
72% | 73% | 17% | Good | |
41 Top 19% in England |
Steam Mills Primary School Cinderford |
76% | 87% | 0% | Report card | |
42 Top 19% in England |
Warden Hill Primary School Cheltenham |
70% | 73% | 25% | Good | |
43 Top 20% in England |
St Peter's Catholic Primary School Gloucester · Roman Catholic |
75% | 75% | 8% | No rating | |
44 Top 21% in England |
Forest View Primary School Cinderford |
73% | 72% | 11% | No rating | |
45 Top 22% in England |
Hanham Abbots Junior School Kingswood and Fishponds |
74% | 80% | 7% | Report card | |
46 Top 22% in England |
Hope Brook CofE Primary School Longhope · Church of England |
67% | 67% | 22% | No rating | |
47 Top 23% in England |
Kingsway Primary School Gloucester |
71% | 72% | 12% | Report card | |
48 Top 23% in England |
Woodmancote School Bishop's Cleeve |
71% | 72% | 7% | No rating | |
49 Top 23% in England |
Wallscourt Farm Academy Bristol |
71% | 67% | 15% | Report card | |
50 Top 24% in England |
Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School Upton St Leonards · Church of England |
71% | 78% | 18% | Outstanding | |
51 Top 24% in England |
Wick Church of England Primary School Wick (South Gloucestershire) · Church of England |
76% | 74% | 0% | No rating | |
52 Top 24% in England |
St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Winterbourne Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne · Church of England |
77% | 77% | 0% | No rating | |
53 Top 25% in England |
Slimbridge Primary School Slimbridge |
72% | 56% | 17% | Good | |
54 Top 25% in England |
Isbourne Valley School Tewkesbury |
73% | 71% | 14% | Good | |
55 Top 25% in England |
Manorbrook Primary School Thornbury |
73% | 69% | 8% | No rating | |
56 Top 25% in England |
Nailsworth Church of England Primary School Nailsworth · Church of England |
67% | 76% | 24% | Not judged | |
57 Top 27% in England |
Naunton Park Primary School Cheltenham |
69% | 76% | 17% | Not judged | |
58 Top 27% in England |
Watermore Primary School Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne |
70% | 82% | 17% | Good | |
59 Top 27% in England |
Uplands Community Primary School Stroud |
72% | 73% | 7% | Not judged | |
60 Top 27% in England |
The Meadows Primary School Bitton |
71% | 75% | 5% | Good | |
61 Top 28% in England |
Cherry Garden Primary School Kingswood and Fishponds |
75% | 75% | 0% | No rating | |
62 Top 29% in England |
Finlay Community School Gloucester |
69% | 80% | 17% | Good | |
63 Top 29% in England |
Christ Church CofE Primary School Cheltenham · Church of England |
71% | 69% | 9% | Outstanding | |
64 Top 29% in England |
Frenchay Church of England Primary School Kingswood and Fishponds · Church of England |
72% | 78% | 4% | Not judged | |
65 Top 29% in England |
Blackhorse Primary School Kingswood and Fishponds |
72% | 73% | 7% | Report card | |
66 Top 30% in England |
Sharpness Primary School Sharpness |
73% | 60% | 0% | Report card | |
67 Top 30% in England |
Whitminster Endowed Church of England Primary School Stroud · Church of England |
74% | 69% | 0% | No rating | |
68 Top 31% in England |
Thrupp School Brimscombe and Thrupp |
71% | 55% | 10% | Not judged | |
69 Top 31% in England |
Tibberton Community Primary School and Early Years Forest of Dean |
67% | 67% | 14% | No rating | |
70 Top 31% in England |
Tutshill Church of England Primary School Tutshill and Sedbury · Church of England |
68% | 73% | 17% | No rating | |
71 Top 32% in England |
Newnham St Peter's Church of England Primary School Newnham (Forest of Dean) · Church of England |
67% | 67% | 13% | Good | |
72 Top 32% in England |
Meadowbrook Primary School Bradley Stoke |
68% | 65% | 0% | Report card | |
73 Top 32% in England |
Olveston Church of England Primary School Olveston · Church of England |
70% | 83% | 8% | Good | |
74 Top 32% in England |
Wheatfield Primary School Bradley Stoke |
72% | 78% | 3% | Report card | |
75 Top 32% in England |
Barnwood Church of England Primary School Gloucester · Church of England |
65% | 78% | 22% | Good | |
76 Top 32% in England |
Grangefield Primary School Bishop's Cleeve |
68% | 77% | 8% | Good | |
77 Top 33% in England |
Lydney Church of England Community School Lydney · Church of England |
70% | 65% | 3% | No rating | |
78 Top 33% in England |
Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy Lydney · Church of England |
69% | 90% | 17% | Report card | |
79 Top 34% in England |
St Catharine's Catholic Primary School Chipping Campden · Roman Catholic |
70% | 70% | 5% | Good | |
80 Top 35% in England |
Coalway Primary School Broadwell and Coalway |
67% | 72% | 11% | Good | |
81 Top 35% in England |
Foxmoor Primary School Stroud |
69% | 78% | 11% | Good | |
82 Top 35% in England |
Swindon Village Primary School Swindon (Cheltenham) |
67% | 73% | 7% | No rating | |
83 Top 35% in England |
Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School Stow-on-the-Wold |
67% | 44% | 0% | Good | |
84 Top 36% in England |
Bussage Church of England Primary School Chalford · Church of England |
64% | 69% | 19% | No rating | |
85 Top 36% in England |
Holy Trinity Primary School Bradley Stoke · Church of England/Methodist |
70% | 67% | 7% | Good | |
86 Top 36% in England |
Blue Coat CofE Primary School Wotton-under-Edge · Church of England |
65% | 71% | 21% | Good | |
87 Top 36% in England |
Pucklechurch CofE VC Primary School Pucklechurch · Church of England |
72% | 76% | 0% | No rating | |
88 Top 37% in England |
Twyning School Twyning |
64% | 43% | 7% | Good | |
89 Top 37% in England |
Eastcombe Primary School Chalford |
63% | 80% | 10% | Good | |
90 Top 37% in England |
Kings' Forest Primary School Kingswood and Fishponds |
70% | 72% | 4% | Report card | |
91 Top 37% in England |
King's Stanley CofE Primary School Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley · Church of England |
70% | 69% | 3% | Good | |
92 Top 37% in England |
Holy Family Catholic Primary School Patchway · Roman Catholic |
68% | 63% | 3% | No rating | |
93 Top 38% in England |
Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary School Woodchester · Church of England |
67% | 59% | 9% | No rating | |
94 Top 38% in England |
Lift Brockworth Brockworth |
67% | 76% | 12% | Good | |
95 Top 39% in England |
Elmbridge Primary School Gloucester |
66% | 66% | 11% | No rating | |
96 Top 39% in England |
Hunts Grove Primary Academy Quedgeley and Hardwicke |
66% | 69% | 13% | Good | |
97 Top 39% in England |
Almondsbury Church of England Primary School Almondsbury · Church of England |
67% | 62% | 18% | No rating | |
98 Top 39% in England |
Emersons Green Primary School Kingswood and Fishponds |
66% | 72% | 7% | No rating | |
99 Top 40% in England |
Rodborough Community Primary School Stroud |
68% | 71% | 6% | No rating | |
100 Top 40% in England |
Dunalley Primary School Cheltenham |
66% | 70% | 8% | Good |
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Best primary school in each town
- Kingswood and Fishponds · best: Beacon Rise Primary School
- Cheltenham · best: Leckhampton Church of England Primary School
- Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne · best: Frampton Cotterell Church of England Primary School
- Innsworth · best: St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- Cirencester · best: Powell's Church of England Primary School
- Patchway · best: Coniston Primary School
- Quedgeley and Hardwicke · best: Field Court Junior School
- Gloucester · best: Harewood Junior School
- Brockworth · best: Castle Hill Primary School
- Tewkesbury · best: The John Moore Primary School
- Bishop's Cleeve · best: Woodmancote School
- Thornbury · best: Manorbrook Primary School
- Stroud · best: Uplands Community Primary School
- Bradley Stoke · best: Meadowbrook Primary School
- Lydney · best: Lydney Church of England Community School
- Chalford · best: Bussage Church of England Primary School
- Yate · best: Abbotswood Primary School
- Cam · best: Cam Hopton Church of England Primary School
- Filton · best: Charborough Road Primary School
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Questions
What is the best primary school in Gloucestershire?
On exam results over the last three years, Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary School is the top-ranked primary school in Gloucestershire, in the top 1% of schools in England.
How are the schools ranked?
By published Department for Education exam results averaged over three years: for secondary schools, Attainment 8 plus a quarter of the share getting grade 5+ in English and maths; for primary schools, the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths plus half the share reaching the higher standard. The order uses the three-year average, so a school can rank above one with a higher single-year result. Schools with fewer than 10 pupils taking the tests are not ranked. Exam results are only part of the picture: visit, read the Ofsted report and check admissions rules, as living nearby does not guarantee a place.