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Horton CofE VA Primary School

Primary · Bristol · BS37 6QP

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 March 2020

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At a glance

34 pupils · 61% of 56 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
35.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
27.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.hortonprimary.org.uk
URN
109262

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 4 families named it first for 5 Reception places, 0.80 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 3 March 2020, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 16.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.80 first-choice applications per place

5 places offered · 4 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

7 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers50%
South Gloucestershire average62.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Hampstead Norreys C.E. Primary SchoolThatcham · 48 miles awayGood70%
Sampford Arundel Community Primary SchoolWellington · 57 miles awayGood (2019)57%
Hemington Primary SchoolRadstock · 19 miles awayGood50%
Litton CofE Primary SchoolBuxton · 121 miles awayGood67%
Elmsett Church of England Primary SchoolIpswich · 147 miles awayGood38%
Hemington Primary SchoolDerby · 99 miles awayGood50%
Grindleford Primary SchoolHope Valley · 124 miles awayGood67%
Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolClitheroe · 162 miles awayGood14%
Oak Hill Church of England Primary SchoolTewkesbury · 34 miles awayRequires improvement30%
Fleggburgh CofE Primary SchoolGreat Yarmouth · 185 miles awayGood57%
Cheswardine Primary and Nursery SchoolMarket Drayton · 90 miles awayGood33%
Longborough Church of England Primary SchoolMoreton-in-Marsh · 38 miles awayExpected standard38%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 97% (South Gloucestershire 73%, England 60%) · Black African 3% (South Gloucestershire 3%, England 5%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
16.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
50%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · South Gloucestershire: 3.09 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
12.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

20% of teachers took sickness absence, 1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £44,148; 0% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£13,195
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£8; in-year balance -£29,914

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.6%62.3%
Social housing7.9%17.1%
Privately rented13.4%20.5%
Detached houses52.2%22.9%
Flats2.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms45.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014890 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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