Barley Close Community Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Bristol, South Gloucestershire
BS16 9DL
Composite score
30.6

Barley Close Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Barley Close Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 236 pupils aged 5 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 47% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 3.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). If you are considering Barley Close Community Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#13,271
National rank
#1409
In South West
#78
In South Gloucestershire
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

School profile

Pupils on roll 236 % FSM ever-6 27.5% % EAL 23.3% Age range 5–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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