Rodmarton Primary School

Rodmarton Primary School is a small village primary school that is performing well overall. Inspectors found a highly inclusive and nurturing environment where pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils, achieve well. The early years provision is particularly strong, with a well-designed curriculum that develops reading, independence, and social skills from the start. Personal development is also a notable strength, with pupils developing a global outlook, a strong understanding of British values, and access to a wide range of enriching experiences. Pupils are happy, feel safe, behave well, and attend regularly, and parents are overwhelmingly positive about the school. However, there are areas for improvement. Pupils' multiplication knowledge in Year 4 is not as strong as it should be, and while leaders have begun to address this, the impact is not yet evident. Governance is committed but needs to develop further expertise to challenge and support leaders more robustly. Attendance is broadly in line with national averages, but reducing absence, including term-time holidays, remains a priority. Overall, the school provides a strong standard of education, with particular strengths in early years, inclusion, and personal development.

Strengths

• Strong early years provision with a curriculum that captures children’s interests and builds reading and number skills.
• Highly inclusive culture where all pupils, including those with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, feel a sense of belonging and achieve well.
• Personal development programme develops pupils’ global outlook, understanding of British values, and healthy lifestyles.
• Pupils achieve very well in reading, with effective phonics teaching from early years.
• Pupils attend regularly, behave well, and show kindness and respect.
• Curriculum is ambitious, broad, and balanced, with leaders regularly checking its quality and acting on priorities.
• Leaders and governors are committed, and staff feel well supported in their workload and wellbeing.
• Parents are overwhelmingly positive and recommend the school wholeheartedly.
• Wide range of extra-curricular opportunities, trips, and leadership roles that develop pupils’ talents and character.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils’ multiplication knowledge in Year 4 is not as strong as it should be, and the impact of recent actions is not yet evident.
• Governors need to develop their expertise further to challenge and support leaders more robustly.
• Reducing absence, including holidays taken in term time, remains a priority.
• Attainment in mathematics at the end of key stage 2 is broadly in line with national averages but not as strong as in reading.

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 Rodmarton Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.8% 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 Rodmarton 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 Rodmarton Primary School had 15.8 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, 13.6% of pupils at Rodmarton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 Rodmarton Primary School received £10,226 and spent £10,112 for each of its 66 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £141,000 (-£2,143 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 Rodmarton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rodmarton Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Rodmarton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rodmarton Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Rodmarton Primary School have?

Rodmarton Primary School has 66 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rodmarton Primary School cover?

Rodmarton Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rodmarton Primary School?

Rodmarton Primary School is at Rodmarton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6PE.