Lift Callowell

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Gloucestershire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Gloucestershire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a primary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Reception

For September 2026, 13 families put this school as their first choice, and 14 places were offered. 13 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

No club is registered with Ofsted at this school's address. Ask the school about breakfast or after-school care, or find clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 14 July 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

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Achievement

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Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

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Early years

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

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Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 11 October 2022. Overall: Inadequate It was inspected as Callowell Primary School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Primary

Ages

4–11

Pupils

134 (capacity 210)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

LIFT SCHOOLS

Phone

01453762962

Address

Barrowfield Road, Farmhill, Stroud, GL5 4DG

Website

callowellschool.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports