Queen Margaret Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire·GL20 5HU
Composite score
41.6
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National rank
#1042
In South West
#148
In Gloucestershire
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
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
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
17 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
25
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.9620241.0020250.852026

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

Every child who put Queen Margaret 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
147
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
29.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,769
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Queen Margaret Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Queen Margaret Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 147 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Queen Margaret Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 17 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 13.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 52% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Queen Margaret Primary Academy, 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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