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Thrupp School

Primary · Stroud · GL5 2EN

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 25 March 2025

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At a glance

157 pupils · 112% of 140 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.thruppschool.co.uk
URN
115544

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 1.05 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.97 miles; distance decided places in 5 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. At its inspection on 25 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.05 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 20 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 1.97 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.97 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
55%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school55%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
Gloucestershire average61.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Leeming RAF Community Primary SchoolNorthallerton · 179 miles awayGood65%
Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolThetford · 140 miles awayGood53%
The Weald CofE Primary SchoolDorking · 90 miles awayGood54%
West Row AcademyBury St. Edmunds · 121 miles awayExpected standard67%
Holtspur School & Pre-SchoolBeaconsfield · 66 miles awayGood70%
St Aidan's CofE Primary School BillingeWigan · 124 miles awayNeeds attention82%
Dawley Brook Primary SchoolKingswinford · 53 miles awayGood48%
Peel Common Primary SchoolGosport · 76 miles awayRequires improvement45%
The North Hykeham All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolLincoln · 121 miles awayGood52%
Sidbury Church of England Primary SchoolSidbury · 83 miles awayGood62%
Kentisbeare Church of England Primary SchoolCullompton · 77 miles awayExpected standard64%
Allendale Primary SchoolAllendale · 219 miles awayGood47%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other White background 2% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, 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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.29 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
21.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% 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)

45.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.1 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 £49,705; 20% 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£7,971
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£86,038; in-year balance -£44,946

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9%18.1%
Residents in very good health54%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.2%62.3%
Social housing6.9%17.1%
Privately rented11%20.5%
Detached houses42.2%22.9%
Flats11.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022409 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£390,00052 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£317,000–£653,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (26)£651,000
Semi-detached (14)£358,000
Terraced (8)£338,000

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 (3.17 km, 2026 entry): 1,138 sales, median £360,000. 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
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an 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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