St White's Primary School

St White’s Primary School is performing well overall. It has outstanding behaviour and attitudes, personal development and early years provision, while the quality of education and leadership and management are good. Pupils are very well cared for, behave exceptionally well and benefit from an ambitious curriculum with a strong focus on vocabulary and reading. Support for pupils with SEND is a notable strength, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school’s pastoral offer, pupil leadership, charity work and wide range of clubs help pupils become confident and socially responsible young people. Early years provision is exceptionally strong, with children well prepared for the next stage. This was the first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and under the current framework the school does not receive an overall effectiveness grade. The main area for improvement is assessment beyond early years. Teachers do not always check consistently that pupils have understood important concepts before moving on, so some pupils develop gaps or misconceptions that can hinder long-term learning.

Strengths

• Ambitious curriculum shaped to the school’s context, with vocabulary development central.
• Strong reading and phonics provision; pupils become fluent readers quickly and receive timely support.
• Support for pupils with SEND is a strength; needs are identified swiftly and learning is adapted well.
• Early years provision is outstanding and children are exceptionally well prepared for their next stage.
• Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary in lessons and at social times.
• Pupils are very well cared for through a strong pastoral offer and feel confident sharing worries.
• Personal development is outstanding, including pupil leadership, charity work, inclusivity and clubs.
• Pupils have highly positive attitudes, attend well and take pride in their learning.
• Staff training and governor oversight are effective, and safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment beyond early years does not consistently check that all pupils have learned important concepts.
• Some pupils develop gaps or misconceptions without teachers knowing, which hinders long-term retention.
• Teaching strategies are not consistently used to identify and address misconceptions or gaps in learning.

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 White's Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% 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, 0.4% of pupils at St White's 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 St White's Primary School had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.9% 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, 15.5% of pupils at St White's Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 St White's Primary School received £7,436 and spent £7,376 for each of its 245 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £623,000 (£2,543 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 White's Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St White's Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was St White's Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St White's Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does St White's Primary School have?

St White's Primary School has 245 pupils on roll.

What age range does St White's Primary School cover?

St White's Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St White's Primary School?

St White's Primary School is at Sneyd Wood Road, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, GL14 3GD.