# Gardners Lane Primary School

Gardners Lane Primary School is a primary school in Cheltenham, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 262 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E131249. [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Foundation school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 262
- Council: Cheltenham
- URN: 131249

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, July 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, 17 July 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 50% of pupils at Gardners Lane Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Gloucestershire and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Gloucestershire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Gloucester Road Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gloucester-road-primary-school-e115585): 700 m. Primary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-catholic-school-of-saint-gregory-the-great-e150345): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023, before the school changed. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Christ Church CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/christ-church-cofe-primary-school-e138940): 1.2 km. Primary. Outstanding (overall), December 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Dunalley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dunalley-primary-school-e115582): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), January 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Rowanfield Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rowanfield-infant-school-e144898): 1.2 km. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- [Rowanfield Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rowanfield-junior-school-e137255): 1.3 km. Primary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/131249)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/131249)

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