Barnwood Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Gloucestershire·GL4 3JP
Composite score
76.4
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#1,012
National rank
#73
In South West
#14
In Gloucestershire
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
22%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 19 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
69
any preference, for 19 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8120220.9420230.9320240.7720250.792026

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

Every child who put Barnwood 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
180
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
22.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,691
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Barnwood Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 180 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Barnwood Church of England Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 30.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 22% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Barnwood Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 15 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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