Southrop Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Lechlade, Gloucestershire·GL7 3NU
Composite score
63.5
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#2,995
National rank
#257
In South West
#46
In Gloucestershire
Top 20%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
2 first choices, 6 places
First choices per place
0.33
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
11
any preference, for 6 places
Applications from another council area
46%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.67
00.511.5
1 per place
0.882022n/a20231.0020241.0020250.332026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Southrop 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
38
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
10.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£13,088
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Southrop Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Lechlade, Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 38 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Southrop Church of England Primary School 'Requires improvement'. 78% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 20% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Southrop Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 6 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 10.2 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Southrop 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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