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St David's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Moreton-in-Marsh · GL56 0LQ

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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: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 11 November 2025 · report published 11 January 2026

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At a glance

256 pupils · 81% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
21.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.stdavidsprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
139170

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 37 Reception places, 0.86 first choices per place. We hold 15 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 11 November 2025, 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 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.86 first-choice applications per place

37 places offered · 32 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. 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
68%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school68%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
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
Wollaston Primary SchoolWellingborough · 47 miles awayGood58%
Clanfield Junior SchoolWaterlooville · 78 miles awayExpected standard71%
Bidbury Junior SchoolHavant · 84 miles awayGood (2019)49%
Rowlands Gill Community Primary SchoolRowlands Gill · 203 miles awayGood52%
Jotmans Hall Primary SchoolBenfleet · 101 miles awayRequires improvement67%
The Meadows Primary SchoolOswestry · 83 miles awayGood49%
Eaves Primary SchoolSt Helens · 108 miles awayGood79%
Longton Lane Community Primary SchoolSt Helens · 109 miles awayGood61%
Eatock Primary SchoolBolton · 113 miles awayOutstanding70%
Hale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLiverpool · 104 miles awayGood80%
All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolMaldon · 103 miles awayNeeds attention48%
Havelock Junior SchoolKettering · 49 miles awayGood60%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Gloucestershire 3%, England 4%) · 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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.81 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
22.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 8.87% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.8 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 £50,834; 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£6,028
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£141,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.1%62.3%
Social housing20%17.1%
Privately rented17.9%20.5%
Detached houses20.7%22.9%
Flats25.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022211 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£395,000282 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£282,500–£541,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (106)£569,000
Semi-detached (77)£370,000
Terraced (56)£342,000
Flat (43)£205,000

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

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
2a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
14a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
3a 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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