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Stroud Valley Community Primary School

Primary · Stroud · GL5 2HP

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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 28 September 2022

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At a glance

252 pupils · 97% of 259 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
29% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stroudvalleyschool.co.uk/
URN
115541

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 32 Reception places, 1.03 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.65 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 28 September 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

32 places offered · 33 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.65 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers59%
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
Two Gates Primary SchoolTamworth · 64 miles awayGood42%
Lightmoor Village Primary SchoolTelford · 64 miles awayExpected standard63%
Kirby Primary AcademyFrinton-on-Sea · 147 miles awayGood (2019)63%
Consett Junior SchoolConsett · 216 miles awayGood67%
South Molton United CofE Primary SchoolSouth Molton · 87 miles awayNeeds attention52%
Roseberry Primary and Nursery SchoolChester le Street · 217 miles awayGood64%
Marsden Primary SchoolSunderland · 225 miles awayGood67%
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolTetbury · 7 miles awayExpected standard56%
Hunts Cross Primary SchoolLiverpool · 115 miles awayGood50%
St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolTorquay · 104 miles awayGood53%
Roche Community Primary SchoolSt Austell · 147 miles awayGood55%
Steeple Claydon School and Pre-SchoolBuckingham · 54 miles awayGood62%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 81% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other White background 7% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Gloucestershire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 0%)

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)
7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.39 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
23.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 9.31% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

71.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.4 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 £49,793; 14.3% 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£7,293
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £186,050; in-year balance -£25,164

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66%62.3%
Social housing17.8%17.1%
Privately rented16.3%20.5%
Detached houses18.7%22.9%
Flats17.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van19.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022410 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£335,000369 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£250,000–£430,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (62)£512,000
Semi-detached (124)£348,000
Terraced (109)£320,000
Flat (74)£173,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.05 km, 2025 entry): 391 sales, median £332,500. 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
23an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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