Charlton Kings Infants' School
Cheltenham, GL53 8AY · Gloucestershire local authority
Cheltenham’s School Grade B+ better than 69% of towns in England
What stands out about Charlton Kings Infants' School
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Over capacity: 311 pupils for 270 places
- 4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (86 of 86)
- Homes in its postcode sector (GL53 8) sold for a median £500,000; Cheltenham’s is £320,750
How hard is it to get a place at Charlton Kings Infants' School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (2), 2020 (5), 2021 (9), 2022 (5), 2023 (3). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Charlton Kings Infants' School sets the admissions rules. Apply through Gloucestershire council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025266 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for Charlton Kings Infants' School
An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), May 2024.
Living near Charlton Kings Infants' School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in GL53 8, the school’s postcode sector
Cheltenham property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in GL53 8 sell for well over Cheltenham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
8 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Cheltenham, GL53 8AY
Charlton Kings Infants' School: common questions
How hard is it to get into Charlton Kings Infants' School?
For September 2026, 86 families put Charlton Kings Infants' School first and all of them were offered a place; 88 places were offered in all.
What is Charlton Kings Infants' School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2024).
How much do houses cost near Charlton Kings Infants' School?
Homes in its postcode sector, GL53 8, sold for a median £500,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (225 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Cheltenham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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