Walmore Hill Primary School
Primary · Gloucester · GL2 8LA
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
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Inspected 5 November 2024
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37 pupils · 53% of 70 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 27% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 7.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 26.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- www.bpwfederation.co.uk
- URN
- 115548
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 4 families named it first for 4 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 15 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 5 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 11.2% 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: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
5 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 54% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · White Gypsy/Roma 43% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 0%) · Not recorded 3% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
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 · Gloucestershire: 3.19 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
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)
50% of teachers took sickness absence, 10 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 £56,210; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £64,466; in-year balance +£15,918
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Inspection history since 2015
- 5 November 2024: Requires improvement
- 22 November 2017: Good
- 11 November 2015: Requires improvement
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)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 30.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 17.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 33.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 13.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 75.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 8.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 15.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 65.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 45% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 5.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022266 · how to read area figures
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 1a 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
Nearby schools
- Longney Church of England Primary Academy
- Westbury-on-Severn Church of England Primary School
- Churcham Primary School
- Clearwater Church of England Primary Academy
- Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy
- Huntley Church of England Primary School
- Lakefield CofE Primary School
- Whitminster Endowed Church of England Primary School