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Harewood Junior School

Primary · Gloucester · GL4 0SS

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 17 July 2024

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At a glance

356 pupils · 99% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
22.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.harewoodjunior.co.uk/
URN
115492

In figures

An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 17 July 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2018 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.88 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
16%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
Gloucestershire average61.5%
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
Holywell Primary and Nursery SchoolBirmingham · 40 miles awayRequires improvement70%
Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary AcademyCleckheaton · 133 miles awayRequires improvement41%
Queensway SchoolBanbury · 42 miles awayExpected standard74%
Thames View Primary SchoolGillingham · 127 miles awayGood80%
Mary Dean's CofE Primary School and NurseryPlymouth · 127 miles awayRequires improvement27%
Ackton Pastures Primary AcademyCastleford · 136 miles awayGood64%
The Globe Primary AcademyLancing · 108 miles awayGood36%
Coleshill Church of England Primary SchoolBirmingham · 52 miles awayExpected standard75%
Bowmansgreen Primary SchoolSt Albans · 84 miles awayGood (2016)41%
Richmond Primary SchoolHinckley · 62 miles awayGood63%
Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary SchoolCrowborough · 118 miles awayGood40%
Palm Bay Primary SchoolMargate · 161 miles awayGood59%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 68% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 5% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 4% (Gloucestershire 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 3% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Gloucestershire 3%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.66 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Gloucestershire: 3.19 suspensions and 0.08 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
22.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

97% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% left the state-funded sector

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)

47.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.4 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 £52,311; 22.2% 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£6,381
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £235,137; in-year balance -£328,480

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health39.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier85%62.3%
Social housing1.9%17.1%
Privately rented13.1%20.5%
Detached houses4.5%22.9%
Flats9.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022299 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£251,000524 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£202,500–£290,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (71)£360,000
Semi-detached (236)£262,000
Terraced (136)£231,500
Flat (81)£149,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 3 cutoff distance (4.63 km, 2018 entry): 3,611 sales, median £248,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

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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