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Rodmarton Primary School

Primary · Cirencester · GL7 6PE

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 June 2026 · report published 8 July 2026

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At a glance

66 pupils · 86% of 77 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://rodmartonprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
115535

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 11 Reception places, 1.27 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3.92 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 3 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.27 first-choice applications per place

11 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 3.92 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3.92 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
20%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
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
Ambergate Primary SchoolBelper · 98 miles awayExpected standard36%
Calstock Community Primary SchoolCalstock · 123 miles awayExpected standard73%
Calthwaite CofE SchoolPenrith · 215 miles awayNo current grade57%
Shocklach Oviatt CofE Primary SchoolMalpas · 99 miles awayNo current grade0%
Ireleth St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAskam-in-Furness · 179 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary SchoolYork · 166 miles awayGood65%
Eileen Wade Primary SchoolHuntingdon · 81 miles awayExpected standard60%
Tetsworth Primary SchoolThame · 46 miles awayRequires improvement70%
East Allington Primary SchoolTotnes · 118 miles awayGood60%
Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 33 miles awayNo current grade60%
Curbar Primary SchoolHope Valley · 111 miles awayGood62%
The Faber Catholic Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 92 miles awayGood64%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Not recorded 6% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%)

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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.45 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
15.8
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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 7 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 £51,747; 16.7% 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£10,112
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£141,447; in-year balance +£7,542

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66.6%62.3%
Social housing12.2%17.1%
Privately rented21.2%20.5%
Detached houses44.8%22.9%
Flats6.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022176 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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