Contested schools in Gloucestershire
These are the Gloucestershire schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Gloucestershire
Secondary schools (27)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
Primary schools (106)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Church CofE Primary School | 29 | 60 | 2.07 |
| Berry Hill Primary School | 28 | 42 | 1.50 |
| Hatherop Church of England Primary School | 12 | 18 | — |
| Abbeymead Primary School | 60 | 89 | 1.48 |
| Hempsted Church of England Primary School | 30 | 44 | 1.47 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 30 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Norton Church of England Primary School | 20 | 29 | 1.45 |
| Blockley Church of England Primary School | 20 | 28 | 1.40 |
| Horsley Church of England Primary School | 15 | 21 | 1.40 |
| Grange Primary Academy | 30 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Leighterton Primary School | 17 | 23 | 1.35 |
| Highnam CofE Primary Academy | 29 | 39 | 1.34 |
| Grangefield Primary School | 60 | 80 | 1.33 |
| Tibberton Community Primary School and Early Years | 15 | 20 | 1.33 |
| St Mary's Church of England Infant School | 59 | 78 | 1.32 |
| Berkeley Primary School | 29 | 38 | 1.31 |
| Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School | 60 | 78 | 1.30 |
| Fairford Church of England Primary School | 29 | 37 | 1.28 |
| Ann Cam Church of England Primary School | 15 | 19 | — |
| Cam Everlands Primary School | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Isbourne Valley School | 15 | 19 | — |
| Powell's Church of England Primary School | 59 | 75 | 1.27 |
| Rodmarton Primary School | 11 | 14 | — |
| Temple Guiting Church of England School | 15 | 19 | — |
| Woodmancote School | 60 | 76 | 1.27 |
| Cranham Church of England Primary School | 8 | 10 | — |
| Deerhurst and Apperley Church of England Primary School | 12 | 15 | — |
| Down Ampney Church of England Primary School | 8 | 10 | — |
| Hartpury Church of England Primary School | 16 | 20 | 1.25 |
| Staunton and Corse Church of England Primary School | 16 | 20 | 1.25 |
| Coney Hill Community Primary School | 30 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Holy Apostles' Church of England Primary School | 30 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy | 30 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Coberley Church of England Primary School | 10 | 12 | — |
| Great Oldbury Primary Academy | 45 | 54 | 1.20 |
| Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Parkend Primary School | 10 | 12 | — |
| Twyning School | 15 | 18 | — |
| Ashchurch Primary School | 21 | 25 | 1.19 |
| Yorkley Primary School | 26 | 31 | 1.19 |
| Tutshill Church of England Primary School | 29 | 34 | 1.17 |
| Kemble Primary School | 15 | 17 | — |
| Shurdington Church of England Primary School | 29 | 32 | 1.10 |
| Swindon Village Primary School | 58 | 63 | 1.09 |
| Birdlip Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Gotherington Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Hope Brook CofE Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Rodborough Community Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| St Paul's Church of England Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Stratton Church of England Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Longford Park Primary Academy | 31 | 33 | 1.06 |
| Steam Mills Primary School | 17 | 18 | — |
| Thrupp School | 19 | 20 | 1.05 |
| Meadowside Primary School | 27 | 28 | 1.04 |
| Longlevens Infant School | 120 | 124 | 1.03 |
| Northway Infant School | 29 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Stroud Valley Community Primary School | 32 | 33 | 1.03 |
| Field Court Church of England Infant Academy | 60 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Linden Primary School | 59 | 60 | 1.02 |
| Bisley Blue Coat Church of England Primary School | 8 | 8 | — |
| Bussage Church of England Primary School | 27 | 27 | 1 |
| Chalford Hill Primary School | 23 | 23 | 1 |
| Coaley Church of England Primary Academy | 12 | 12 | — |
| Gastrells Community Primary School | 15 | 15 | — |
| Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy | 39 | 39 | 1 |
| Haresfield Church of England Primary School | 10 | 10 | — |
| Lakefield CofE Primary School | 21 | 21 | 1 |
| Leckhampton Church of England Primary School | 90 | 90 | 1 |
| Mitcheldean Endowed Primary School | 28 | 28 | 1 |
| Pillowell Community Primary School | 10 | 10 | — |
| Randwick Church of England Primary School | 11 | 11 | — |
| Sherborne Church of England Primary School | 8 | 8 | — |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| The John Moore Primary School | 45 | 45 | 1 |
| The Rissington School | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| Uplands Community Primary School | 14 | 14 | — |
| Whiteshill Primary School | 13 | 13 | — |
| Hunts Grove Primary Academy | 47 | 46 | 0.98 |
| Castle Hill Primary School | 30 | 29 | 0.97 |
| King's Stanley CofE Primary School | 30 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Lakeside Primary School | 46 | 44 | 0.96 |
| The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great | 45 | 43 | 0.96 |
| Ellwood Primary School | 20 | 19 | — |
| The Croft Primary School | 21 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary School | 15 | 14 | — |
| Newnham St Peter's Church of England Primary School | 14 | 13 | — |
| Elmbridge Primary School | 88 | 81 | 0.92 |
| Winchcombe Abbey Church of England Primary School | 25 | 23 | 0.92 |
| St Catharine's Catholic Primary School | 11 | 10 | — |
| Brimscombe Church of England (VA) Primary School | 10 | 9 | — |
| Cam Hopton Church of England Primary School | 30 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Chesterton Primary School | 21 | 19 | — |
| Dunalley Primary School | 60 | 54 | 0.90 |
| Severnbanks Primary School | 41 | 37 | 0.90 |
| Stone with Woodford Church of England Primary School | 9 | 8 | — |
| Benhall Infant School | 50 | 44 | 0.88 |
| Amberley Parochial School | 15 | 13 | — |
| Gloucester Road Primary School | 29 | 25 | 0.86 |
| Mickleton Primary School | 27 | 23 | 0.85 |
| Slimbridge Primary School | 25 | 21 | 0.84 |
| Sheepscombe Primary School | 6 | 5 | — |
| Willow Primary Academy | 25 | 20 | 0.80 |
| Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary School | 13 | 10 | — |
| Eastington Primary School | 15 | 11 | — |
| North Nibley CofE Primary School | 14 | 10 | — |
| Ampney Crucis Church of England Primary School | 10 | 7 | — |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.