Charlton Kings Infants' School
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Gloucestershire
Lyefield Road East, Cheltenham, GL53 8AY
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
97.5%
2.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
311
Capacity used
Over capacity115%
270 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
78 of 78 families who put it first got an offer
82
Places offered
173
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 78 | 78 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 30 | 3 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 29 | 1 | ● 3% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 36 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 173 | 82 | 47% |
1st preference success by year
Gloucestershire lets families list 5 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Katie James
- Address
- Lyefield Road East, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, GL53 8AY
- Phone
- 01242514483
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Charlton Kings · Cheltenham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136999
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 4% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 3% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: CHARLTON KINGS INFANTS' SCHOOL
311 pupils · 270 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
15 May 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 183 pupils
Attendance
97.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
2.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
2.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.