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Leighterton Primary School

Primary · Tetbury · GL8 8UH

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Strong standard

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

Inspected 28 April 2026 · report published 10 June 2026

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At a glance

116 pupils · 97% of 119 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.leighterton.com
URN
149620

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 1.35 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 3.09 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 28 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.35 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 23 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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. Places by distance, last offered at 3.09 miles for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.09 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Named
2.34 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
92%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school92%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
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
Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary SchoolStroud · 7 miles awayOutstanding59%
Brabourne Church of England Primary SchoolAshford · 144 miles awayGood87%
St Mary Bourne Primary SchoolAndover · 45 miles awayGood69%
Bleasby Church of England Primary SchoolNottingham · 113 miles awayGood68%
Threshfield Primary SchoolSkipton · 169 miles awayGood73%
Plumpton Primary SchoolNear Lewes · 106 miles awayGood50%
Griffydam Primary SchoolCoalville · 87 miles awayGood64%
Maids Moreton Church of England SchoolMaids Moreton · 61 miles awayOutstanding63%
Ide Hill Church of England Primary SchoolSevenoaks · 106 miles awayNo current grade63%
Skelton SchoolPenrith · 215 miles awayGood89%
St Peter's Church of England School, AlvescotBampton · 29 miles awayGood69%
Harrold Primary AcademyBedford · 81 miles awayGood81%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 95% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, 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)
3.9%
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 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
17.9
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 sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% 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 £45,943; 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£6,615
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £108,000; in-year balance -£8,000

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66.4%62.3%
Social housing7.8%17.1%
Privately rented25.8%20.5%
Detached houses53%22.9%
Flats2.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms42.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034790 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a 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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