St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School is a small, caring and highly inclusive village school. Safeguarding standards are met, and pupils are happy, feel safe and benefit from warm relationships with staff. Leaders know pupils and families well, and provision for inclusion is a standout strength: vulnerable pupils, including those with SEND and those who are financially disadvantaged, are supported skilfully and often make strong progress from their starting points. Attendance is high, behaviour is positive, early years provision is effective, and pupils have wide access to sport, music, clubs and community activities. The main concern is achievement. Outcomes by the end of key stage 2 remain variable and below national averages in reading, writing and mathematics, with too many pupils not reaching the expected standard and therefore not fully prepared for secondary school. The curriculum has been strengthened and is broad and ambitious, but teaching delivery is inconsistent. Some activities lack purpose and clarity, checking for understanding is not consistently effective, and gaps in pupils' knowledge are not always closed quickly enough. Reading fluency, writing accuracy and stamina, and vocabulary teaching are not yet consistently well taught, and pupils sometimes struggle to recall content in wider subjects. Leaders, governors and the local authority have an accurate view of the school and have secured improvements since the previous inspection, particularly in personal development, early years, inclusion and attendance. However, swift action is still needed to ensure the curriculum is taught consistently well, teaching is robustly monitored, and learning activities are precisely matched to pupils' needs so that all pupils achieve as highly as they should. The school also faces some uncertainty linked to variations in pupil numbers.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met and there is an open, positive safeguarding culture.
• Inclusion is highly effective, with robust systems to identify and remove barriers for vulnerable pupils.
• Pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils are well supported and often make strong progress from their starting points.
• Attendance is high and persistent absence is low.
• Pupils behave well, respect one another and say bullying is rare.
• Early years provision is carefully planned and children typically achieve well.
• Pastoral support and pupils' personal development are strengths.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs, sport, music and community opportunities.
• Leaders and governors have an accurate understanding of the school and are committed to improvement.
• The local authority has provided appropriate support and challenge.
• Parents value the school's communication and provision for pupils with SEND.
• Pupils feel happy, safe and valued in a caring school community.

Areas for Improvement

• Outcomes by the end of key stage 2 are below national averages in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Too many pupils do not achieve the expected standard and are not fully prepared for secondary school.
• Curriculum delivery and teaching quality remain variable.
• Learning activities are sometimes not precisely matched to pupils' needs or intended outcomes.
• Teachers do not consistently check pupils' understanding, so misconceptions and gaps are not addressed quickly.
• Reading fluency, writing accuracy and stamina are not taught consistently well.
• Vocabulary teaching is not yet consistently effective.
• Some pupils struggle to recall what they have learned in wider curriculum subjects.
• Pupils' knowledge sometimes lacks depth where teaching is weaker.
• The quality of teaching is not yet robustly monitored enough to prompt swift action.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.4% of pupils at St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall had 14.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.4% of pupils at St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall received £8,860 and spent £9,373 for each of its 69 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £56,000 (-£805 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall is Needs attention, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall last inspected by Ofsted?

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall have?

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall has 69 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall cover?

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 29% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall?

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall is at Church Lane, Cromhall, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 8AL.