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Leckhampton Church of England Primary School

Primary · Cheltenham · GL53 0HP

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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 22 November 2022

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At a glance

630 pupils · 100% of 630 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
2.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.leckhampton.gloucs.sch.uk
URN
115667

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 90 families named it first for 90 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.66 miles; distance decided places in 12 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 22 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 90 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.66 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
27%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers78.5%
Gloucestershire average61.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Northwick Manor Primary SchoolWorcester · 24 miles awayOutstanding74%
South Farnham SchoolFarnham · 72 miles awayOutstanding100%
Kells Lane Primary SchoolGateshead · 212 miles awayGood62%
Lift PlumberowHockley · 119 miles awayGood79%
The Discovery SchoolWest Malling · 115 miles awayOutstanding80%
East Park Primary SchoolHull · 150 miles awayGood81%
Cleadon Church of England AcademySunderland · 214 miles awayGood79%
Balsall Common Primary SchoolCoventry · 40 miles awayGood76%
West Leigh Junior SchoolLeigh-on-Sea · 119 miles awayStrong standard84%
Dorridge Primary SchoolSolihull · 37 miles awayGood78%
Bridgewater Primary SchoolBerkhamsted · 65 miles awayGood75%
Ravenscote Junior SchoolCamberley · 70 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 4% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

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)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.8%
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
20.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 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)

52.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.7 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 £47,465; 8.3% 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£6,006
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

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

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £584,601; in-year balance -£159,210

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher61.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work57.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health59.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier91.1%62.3%
Social housing1.1%17.1%
Privately rented7.8%20.5%
Detached houses60.2%22.9%
Flats1.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms51.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022128 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£560,000313 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£390,000–£780,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (101)£805,000
Semi-detached (116)£575,000
Terraced (66)£402,500
Flat (30)£184,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.06 km, 2025 entry): 357 sales, median £560,000. 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
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
10an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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