The schools around Lechlade-on-Thames are good, and the main difficulty is getting to them. The local primaries post solid maths results. Nearly nine in ten graded schools across the county are good or better. The nearest secondary is well over an hour away on foot. Quality is the easy part here, and distance is the hard part.
There are four state primaries in the area, and their average Key Stage 2 maths score is about 105. On the Department for Transport's 2019 modelling, the nearest primary is an 18-minute walk or an 8-minute drive from the typical Lechlade home, so this is the one stage of education that doesn't need the car. The primaries on the wider area's list include St Lawrence Church of England Primary School and Fairford Church of England Primary School, with village schools such as Southrop Church of England Primary School and Kempsford Church of England Primary School further out.
Ofsted has graded 136 of Gloucestershire's 156 rated settings good or outstanding, nearly nine in ten. Nine are outstanding, 19 require improvement and one is inadequate. That is the county as a whole, so a family looking at one school should read that school's own report.
Secondary is where the logistics start. The secondaries named for the area are Farmor's School, Cirencester Kingshill School and Cirencester Deer Park School, with Cirencester College for sixth form. The council allocates places under its published admissions rules, so living near one of them doesn't secure a place, and Gloucestershire's admissions team can say how far from each school the last offers reached. On the 2019 modelling, the nearest secondary is 16 minutes by car, 39 by public transport and 77 on foot. The railway that might have carried pupils closed in 1962, so the secondary school run is a lift from a parent until the child can drive.
Lechlade-on-Thames does well on schools: the primaries are close and get good results, and the county's grades are strong. What it costs families is time behind the wheel, not worry about the classroom.