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Southrop Church of England Primary School

Primary · Lechlade · GL7 3NU

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Needs attention

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: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 7 July 2026 · report published 17 September 2026

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At a glance

42 pupils · 75% of 56 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
14.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.southrop.gloucs.sch.uk
URN
115651

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 2 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 0.33 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2018 entry went to 3.4 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 7 July 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.33 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 2 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
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 (2018 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.4 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
78%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
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 school78%
Median of its 12 closest peers49.5%
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
Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary SchoolNewbury · 23 miles awayGood36%
St Germans Primary SchoolSaltash · 146 miles awayExpected standard79%
Puller Memorial, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWare · 73 miles awayNeeds attention56%
Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary SchoolTaunton · 80 miles awayGood40%
Waberthwaite CofE SchoolMillom · 192 miles awayGood (2019)43%
Buildwas AcademyTelford · 72 miles awayRequires improvement33%
West Tytherley Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury · 46 miles awayGood57%
St Thomas à Becket Church of England Aided Primary SchoolSalisbury · 36 miles awayGood67%
Coniston CofE Primary SchoolConiston · 191 miles awayGood27%
Temple Sowerby CofE Primary SchoolPenrith · 204 miles awayGood75%
Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE AcademyChippenham · 19 miles awayGood13%
Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolCottingham · 151 miles awayExpected standard64%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Not recorded 17% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (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)
8.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.89 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
13
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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,470; 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£12,031
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£29,019; in-year balance -£25,235

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier56.2%62.3%
Social housing11.2%17.1%
Privately rented32.6%20.5%
Detached houses45.8%22.9%
Flats4.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022215 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£910,00014 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£536,000–£1,070,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£1,040,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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
0a 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

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