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Amberley Parochial School

Primary · Stroud · GL5 5JG

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

Inspected 7 July 2026 · report published 22 September 2026

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At a glance

104 pupils · 99% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
3.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.amberleyschool.co.uk/
URN
149830

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 0.87 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 7 July 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 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.87 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
87%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
20%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
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 school87%
Median of its 12 closest peers75%
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
Birdlip Primary SchoolGloucester · 9 miles awayGood80%
Tickenham Church of England Primary SchoolClevedon · 31 miles awayGood88%
Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary SchoolChorley · 134 miles awayGood69%
Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-SchoolRoyston · 102 miles awayStrong standard73%
Appleton Roebuck Primary SchoolYork · 156 miles awayGood75%
Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary SchoolHungerford · 35 miles awayGood64%
Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary SchoolCirencester · 17 miles awayGood100%
Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolPreston · 146 miles awayExpected standard75%
North Cave Church of England Primary SchoolBROUGH · 157 miles awayNo current grade50%
Burrington Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 35 miles awayExpected standard60%
Swithland St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough · 82 miles awayGood100%
Bunny CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 92 miles awayGood100%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Not recorded 4% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.8%
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
18.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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, 5.3 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 £49,164; 10% 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£6,500
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£5,000

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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 higher53.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.5%62.3%
Social housing5.6%17.1%
Privately rented9.9%20.5%
Detached houses54%22.9%
Flats5.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms45.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022350 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£637,50048 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£386,000–£960,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (26)£940,000
Semi-detached (7)£531,000
Terraced (5)£470,000
Flat (10)£188,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
1an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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