Littledean Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Cinderford, Gloucestershire·GL14 3NL
Composite score
32.5
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#12,879
National rank
#1353
In South West
#180
In Gloucestershire
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
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
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
9 first choices, 9 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
20
any preference, for 9 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Littledean Church of England Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
69
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
31.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
28.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,372
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Littledean Church of England Primary School

Littledean Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 69 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 50% 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 29.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 110 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Littledean Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 9 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 13.8 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Littledean Church of England 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 above.

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