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Temple Guiting Church of England School

Primary · CHELTENHAM · GL54 5RW

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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: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 June 2024

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At a glance

105 pupils · 100% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.templeguiting.gloucs.sch.uk/
URN
115653

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.27 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 3.4 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 25 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.27 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 19 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. The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

It is far outside anything this school's other years or comparable schools show, so it would not tell you how close you need to live.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
82%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
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 school82%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
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
South Otterington Church of England Primary SchoolNorthallerton · 162 miles awayGood53%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, HawkshawBolton Road, Hawkshaw, Bury · 118 miles awayGood64%
Knayton Church of England AcademyThirsk · 163 miles awayGood71%
Byley Primary School and NurseryMiddlewich · 91 miles awayGood60%
North Nibley CofE Primary SchoolWotton-Under-Edge · 29 miles awayGood59%
Nether Kellet Community Primary SchoolCarnforth · 153 miles awayGood69%
Bridgemere CofE Primary SchoolNantwich · 77 miles awayGood83%
Uley Church of England Primary SchoolDursley · 26 miles awayGood53%
Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolMarket Harborough · 51 miles awayExpected standard69%
Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolBadminton · 34 miles awayGood60%
Chew Magna Primary SchoolBristol · 51 miles awayGood69%
Fir Ends Primary SchoolBrampton · 213 miles awayNo current grade33%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Not recorded 3% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · 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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.6%
England 17.5%

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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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
24.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% 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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 3 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 £47,971; 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£7,927
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 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £87,239; in-year balance -£23,917

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier61.7%62.3%
Social housing9.7%17.1%
Privately rented28.6%20.5%
Detached houses50.3%22.9%
Flats5.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022222 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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