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Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School

Primary · Cheltenham · GL52 2JP

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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: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 17 June 2025

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At a glance

169 pupils · 80% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
26% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
19% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.holytrinity.gloucs.sch.uk
URN
115666

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 0.67 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 0.94 miles; distance decided places in 7 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. At its inspection on 17 June 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

0.67 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. 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 (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.94 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
62%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school62%
Median of its 12 closest peers46%
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
Picklenash Junior SchoolNewent · 15 miles awayRequires improvement29%
Severn Beach Primary SchoolBristol · 35 miles awayRequires improvement50%
St Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolBristol · 29 miles awayGood55%
New Park Primary AcademyHarrogate · 147 miles awayGood65%
Parsons Down Junior SchoolThatcham · 48 miles awayGood39%
Carrant Brook Junior SchoolTewkesbury · 8 miles awayRequires improvement50%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School LeighLeigh · 112 miles awayExpected standard45%
Watlington Community Primary SchoolKing's Lynn · 117 miles awayGood62%
Nythe Primary SchoolSwindon · 27 miles awayRequires improvement38%
Broomgrove Junior SchoolColchester · 129 miles awayGood47%
Wyton on the Hill Community Primary SchoolHuntingdon · 88 miles awayGood39%
Colebrook Junior SchoolSwindon · 27 miles awayGood (2015)44%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 65% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other White background 9% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Black African 7% (Gloucestershire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Gloucestershire 3%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 3%)

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)
12%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.00 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
18.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% 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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.1 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 £51,924; 18.2% 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£8,397
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 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£203,882; in-year balance -£30,444

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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 higher50.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier42.7%62.3%
Social housing17.1%17.1%
Privately rented40.2%20.5%
Detached houses2.1%22.9%
Flats50.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van29.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022142 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£292,000984 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£215,000–£425,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (52)£655,000
Semi-detached (145)£425,000
Terraced (380)£310,000
Flat (407)£214,000

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 (1.51 km, 2021 entry): 1,809 sales, median £300,000. 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
16an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
66an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
19an 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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