Sherborne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Cheltenham · GL54 3DH
Data updated
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.
Inspected 3 July 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
48 pupils · 86% of 56 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 4.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- Website
- www.sherborneschool.co.uk/
- URN
- 151418
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 8 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 2.13 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 3 July 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place8 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.13 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Cheltenham school admissions · Gloucestershire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 77% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Not recorded 8% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (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)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
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 £53,005; 50% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 49.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 9.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 42.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 55.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 56.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 11.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 32.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 45.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 4.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 38.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 5.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022215 · 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