Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Cheltenham, Gloucestershire·GL54 2AW
Composite score
52.5
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#6,386
National rank
#604
In South West
#96
In Gloucestershire
Top 43%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 03/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
35 first choices, 35 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
50
any preference, for 35 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9220230.9720241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Bourton-on-the-Water 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
274
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,460
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School is a primary school serving Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 274 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 61% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 11.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 43% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 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 Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 35 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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