Chesterton Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Cirencester, Gloucestershire·GL7 1SS
Composite score
49.6
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#7,383
National rank
#726
In South West
#109
In Gloucestershire
Top 50%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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%
19 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 21 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Chesterton 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
201
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
11.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
27.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,010
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Chesterton Primary School is a primary school serving Cirencester, Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 201 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 18.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Chesterton Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 19 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.1%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. Chesterton 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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