Greatfield Park Primary School

Greatfield Park Primary is a caring, nurturing and happy community school where pupils feel safe and behave well. Inspectors found the school has raised expectations since its previous inspection and now delivers an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum, with reading prioritised from the start and effective support for pupils who struggle or have SEND. Pastoral care, personal development and positive relationships are notable strengths, and staff morale is high. The main areas for improvement are curriculum implementation in a minority of subjects, where the newer curriculum is still being embedded and some pupils have gaps in knowledge, and attendance, where actions have not yet reduced absence for all pupils, including some with SEND. Safeguarding is effective. Overall, the school is performing well but needs to fully embed the new curriculum and strengthen attendance so all pupils benefit from the school’s provision.

Strengths

• Caring, nurturing and happy school where pupils feel safe
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum with clear knowledge, skills and vocabulary
• Reading prioritised from the start, with focused support for pupils who find it difficult
• Effective support and adaptations for pupils with SEND
• Pupils behave well and have positive attitudes to learning
• High-quality pastoral provision that improves pupils’ confidence, self-esteem and behaviour
• Strong personal development and opportunities such as clubs, responsibilities and wider experiences
• Leaders have made positive changes and staff feel well supported, with high morale
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum improvements in a minority of subjects are still early-stage, leaving some pupils with knowledge gaps
• Attendance is too low for some pupils, including pupils with SEND, despite improvement work
• Some pupils miss out on essential learning and opportunities because of persistent absence

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 Greatfield Park Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.8% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Greatfield Park 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 Greatfield Park Primary School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 30.7% 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, 16.9% of pupils at Greatfield Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% 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 Greatfield Park Primary School received £7,042 and spent £7,421 for each of its 183 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £13,000 (-£68 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 Greatfield Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greatfield Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Greatfield Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greatfield Park Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Greatfield Park Primary School have?

Greatfield Park Primary School has 183 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greatfield Park Primary School cover?

Greatfield Park Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greatfield Park Primary School?

Greatfield Park Primary School is at Hulbert Crescent, Hatherley, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3FZ.