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Bibury Church of England Primary School

Primary · Cirencester · GL7 5NR

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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 24 May 2023

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At a glance

20 pupils · 38% of 53 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
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Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
35% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
25.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.bibury.gloucs.sch.uk
URN
146812

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 2 families named it first for 3 Reception places, 0.67 first choices per place. We hold 15 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 24 May 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 16.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

suppressed (small cohort)

Reaching the higher standard

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (reading)

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (maths)

suppressed (small cohort)

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 75% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 5% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 5% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 5% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%)

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)
16.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
31.8%
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
5.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,416; 20% 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£15,852
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 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 1% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£116,000

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health52%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.4%62.3%
Social housing13.1%17.1%
Privately rented24.4%20.5%
Detached houses54.6%22.9%
Flats6.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms39.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022175 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£421,00012 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£370,000–£742,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (7)£417,000

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

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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a 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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