Linden Primary School

Linden Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good level of effectiveness in all areas evaluated during the inspection. The school creates a welcoming and supportive environment where most pupils achieve well. It has high expectations for behaviour and academic performance, leading to a respectful culture where students feel safe and valued. Recent improvements include the introduction of a phonics scheme to enhance early reading, although some staff require further training to fully support pupils in this area. The dedication of the leadership team and staff contributes positively to the school's ethos of nurturing and inclusive education.

Strengths

• Welcoming and caring environment for all pupils.
• High expectations and ambitions for student achievement.
• Strong focus on positive behaviour, leading to a respectful culture.
• Effective early years provision that prepares children well for Year 1.
• Good support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Strong engagement with parents and community.
• Variety of extracurricular activities that develop pupils' talents.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff do not quickly identify when pupils fall behind in phonics.
• Assessment information is not consistently used to check pupil understanding.
• Not all pupils read widely, affecting their ability to discuss books.

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 Linden Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.6% 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, 2.4% of pupils at Linden Primary School 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 Linden Primary School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.1% 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, 11.7% of pupils at Linden Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Linden Primary School received £6,567 and spent £6,863 for each of its 420 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £21,000 (-£50 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 Linden Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Linden Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Linden Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Linden Primary School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Linden Primary School have?

Linden Primary School has 420 pupils on roll.

What age range does Linden Primary School cover?

Linden Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Linden Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Linden Primary School?

Linden Primary School is at Linden Road, Gloucester, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 5HU.