Longford Park Primary Academy, Gloucester

Ofsted's report card from its 10 February 2026 inspection grades Longford Park Primary Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils' achievement across the school's curriculum is broadly secure."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders' efforts to promote pupils' regular attendance have a positive impact."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is broad and increasingly ambitious."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years curriculum is coherently designed and implemented."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school demonstrates a deep commitment to inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leadership and governance are effective and increasingly influential in bringing about positive change and improvements for pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's leaders and staff demonstrate a clear commitment to promoting pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders need to support staff to ensure they refine their use of assessment information to make appropriate adaptations that secure and deepen pupils' curriculum knowledge, make connections between important concepts and enable pupils to apply their knowledge independently".

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Longford Park Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 75% in Gloucestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 77% in reading and 77% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 33 families put Longford Park Primary Academy as their first choice and 107 named it as one of their preferences, for 31 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Longford Park Primary Academy are Longlevens Junior School (0.8 miles, Good, 78% reading, 76% maths); Innsworth Junior School (0.8 miles, Good, 61% reading, 61% maths); Longlevens Infant School (1 mile, Good); and Kingsholm Church of England Primary School (1 mile, Outstanding, 67% reading, 62% maths).

Longford Park Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Longford Park Primary Academy is one of 11 schools run by Gloucestershire Learning Alliance, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

98 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Longford Park Primary Academy (as of April 2026): 88% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 60% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (60%).

10.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (78%), Mixed (8%) and Asian (7%).

Longford Park Primary Academy has a resourced provision: 35 places, 14 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Gloucester Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Longford Park (near), 50 metres away.

In 2024/25, Longford Park Primary Academy issued 4 suspensions, 1.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Longford Park Primary Academy are Denmark Road High School (0.8 miles) and Sir Thomas Rich's School (1.2 miles).