Minchinhampton Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Stroud, Gloucestershire·GL6 9BP
Composite score
59.1
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#4,184
National rank
#381
In South West
#68
In Gloucestershire
Top 28%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
53
any preference, for 27 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.0020230.9020240.9720250.962026

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

Every child who put Minchinhampton Primary Academy 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
286
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,420
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Minchinhampton Primary Academy is a primary school serving Stroud, Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 286 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 28% 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). 10% 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 Minchinhampton Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. Minchinhampton Primary Academy 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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