# Hesters Way Primary School

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

It had 171 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E131250. [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 171
- Council: Cheltenham
- URN: 131250

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 6 January 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
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, 57% of pupils at Hesters Way Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Gloucestershire and 62% in England.
7% 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 | 57% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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.

- [All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-academy-cheltenham-e136016): 380 m. Secondary. Some aspects not as strong, December 2024. Attainment 8 of 37.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Pate's Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pates-grammar-school-e136353): 550 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 82.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Springbank Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/springbank-primary-academy-e137194): 720 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Rowanfield Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rowanfield-infant-school-e144898): 780 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- [Rowanfield Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rowanfield-junior-school-e137255): 860 m. Primary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Thomas More Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-more-catholic-primary-school-e150344): 970 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023, before the school changed. 33% 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/131250)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/131250)

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