Hesters Way Primary School
School Name: Hesters Way Primary School Address: DILL Avenue Town/City: Cheltenham County: Gloucestershire Postcode: GL51 0ES Telephone Number: 01242 525616 Website: www.hestersway.gloucs.sch.uk/
Phase: Primary (ages 4-11) Type: Community school Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective Established: 1998
Headteacher: Miss Kirsti Ashman
Capacity: 210
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 171 (53% boys & 47% girls)
Enrollment: 81% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 53.8%
URN: 131250
DfE Number: 916/2178
UKPRN: 10075552
UPRN: 100121231143
Region: South West (E12000009)
District: Cheltenham (E07000078)
Constituency: Tewkesbury (E14001542)
Electoral Ward: Hesters Way (E05015710)
Easting & Northing: 392438E, 223557N
Latitude & Longitude: 51° 54' 40.07" N 2° 6' 40.35" W
Plus Code: 9C3VWV6Q+FG
DfE Record: View record
- All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham (0.4km)
- Pate's Grammar School (0.6km)
- Springbank Primary Academy (0.7km)
- Rowanfield Infant School (0.8km)
- Rowanfield Junior School (0.9km)
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School (1.0km)
- Gloucester Road Primary School (1.6km)
- Gardners Lane Primary School (1.6km)
- Christ Church CofE Primary School (1.8km)
- Dean Close Preparatory School (2.0km)
Predecessor schools†
- Headteacher Kirsti Ashman - Governor. Appointed on 1 April 2016 (Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal).
- Mr Malcolm Bride - Chair of Governors. Appointed on 29 September 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 28 September 2029.
- Mrs Pippa Child - Governor. Appointed on 14 November 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 13 November 2026.
- Dr Jamie Copeland-Jordan - Governor. Appointed on 27 January 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 4 November 2025.
- Mrs Clare Godzisz - Governor. Appointed on 6 September 2021 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 5 September 2025.
- Mrs Michelle Lucas-Halliwell - Governor. Appointed on 4 March 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 3 March 2028.
- Mrs Ruth Swinton - Governor. Appointed on 29 September 2025 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 28 September 2029.