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Charlton Kings Junior School

Primary · Cheltenham · GL53 8QE

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 4 October 2023

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At a glance

381 pupils · 102% of 372 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
5.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
14.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.ckjs.org.uk
URN
137266

In figures

An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 4 October 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.59 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.59 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
84%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
18%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school84%
Median of its 12 closest peers75.5%
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
St Stephen's C E Primary SchoolTwickenham · 79 miles awayGood79%
Powell's Church of England Primary SchoolCirencester · 12 miles awayOutstanding78%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and NurseryBushey · 73 miles awayGood77%
Naunton Park Primary SchoolCheltenham · 1 miles awayGood76%
Nine Mile Ride Primary SchoolWokingham · 62 miles awayStrong standard75%
Whitegrove Primary SchoolBracknell · 65 miles awayGood66%
St Stephens Church SchoolBath · 36 miles awayGood71%
Atwood Primary SchoolSouth Croydon · 93 miles awayGood76%
Esher Church SchoolEsher · 81 miles awayGood78%
Orton Wistow Primary SchoolPeterborough · 87 miles awayGood62%
Roundwood Primary SchoolHarpenden · 72 miles awayExpected standard69%
Yorke Mead Primary SchoolRickmansworth · 70 miles awayOutstanding73%

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 4% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 4% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Gloucestershire 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · 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)
5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
25
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 22% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

68.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.3 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 £49,808; 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,125
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £279,000; in-year balance -£20,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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 higher48.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health59.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier88.1%62.3%
Social housing2.3%17.1%
Privately rented9.5%20.5%
Detached houses38.1%22.9%
Flats3.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms42.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022112 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£523,000317 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£370,000–£690,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (109)£750,000
Semi-detached (112)£477,500
Terraced (65)£327,000
Flat (31)£215,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 3 cutoff distance (2.56 km, 2026 entry): 1,485 sales, median £425,000. 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
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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