Churchdown Village Junior School

Churchdown Village Junior School is performing well overall, maintaining a 'Good' rating across all areas. The school is recognized for creating an inclusive environment where students feel cared for and nurtured. Pupils exhibit positive attitudes towards their learning, with high expectations for behavior being met. While the curriculum is ambitious and covers a rich set of opportunities for personal development, there are identified areas for improvement in how some subjects are taught, particularly in ensuring that all pupils achieve reading fluency. Additionally, parents and families express strong satisfaction with the school’s role in the community and the support provided to their children.

Strengths

• Inclusive school environment that promotes positivity and friendship.
• Strong behavior management with pupils displaying good manners.
• High-quality provision for pupils with special educational needs.
• Ambitious and carefully planned mathematics curriculum.
• Actively engages pupils in enrichment activities and clubs.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent clarity about the knowledge to be retained across subjects.
• Pupils in early reading stages do not practice enough to develop fluency.

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 Churchdown Village Junior School attended 96.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.3% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Churchdown Village Junior 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 Churchdown Village Junior School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.1% 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, 23.1% of pupils at Churchdown Village Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% 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 Churchdown Village Junior School received £6,942 and spent £6,977 for each of its 238 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £63,000 (-£267 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 Churchdown Village Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Churchdown Village Junior School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Churchdown Village Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Churchdown Village Junior School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Churchdown Village Junior School have?

Churchdown Village Junior School has 238 pupils on roll.

What age range does Churchdown Village Junior School cover?

Churchdown Village Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Churchdown Village Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Churchdown Village Junior School?

Churchdown Village Junior School is at Station Road, Churchdown, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL3 2JX.