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Shurdington Church of England Primary School

Primary · Cheltenham · GL51 4UQ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

207 pupils · 99% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
25.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.shurdingtonceprimary.co.uk
URN
115649

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.10 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.24 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 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 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.10 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 32 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 2.24 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.24 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 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
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 peers60.5%
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
Parkside Primary AcademyBarnsley · 123 miles awayGood72%
Willowbank Primary SchoolCullompton · 89 miles awayGood56%
East Harling Primary School and NurseryNorwich · 136 miles awayGood40%
St Barnabas CofE Primary Drakes BroughtonPershore · 19 miles awayGood60%
William de Yaxley Church of England AcademyPeterborough · 91 miles awayGood40%
Horn's Mill Primary SchoolFrodsham · 100 miles awayGood64%
Batheaston Church SchoolBath · 32 miles awayExpected standard64%
Summerfields Primary SchoolNewport · 88 miles awayGood52%
Washingwell Community Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 213 miles awayGood57%
Ancaster CofE Primary SchoolGrantham · 102 miles awayGood62%
St. Chad's Church of England Primary SchoolWinsford · 93 miles awayGood61%
Fordingbridge Junior SchoolFordingbridge · 66 miles awayGood62%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Gloucestershire 3%, England 4%) · other groups together 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)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.01 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
20.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% 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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,817; 13.3% 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£7,062
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 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£59,340; in-year balance +£19,663

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.4%62.3%
Social housing12.1%17.1%
Privately rented9.5%20.5%
Detached houses58.6%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms41.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034806 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£390,00063 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£304,000–£555,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (31)£545,000
Semi-detached (19)£318,000
Terraced (11)£300,000

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 (3.60 km, 2026 entry): 1,468 sales, median £355,500. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
6a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a 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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