Naunton Park Primary School

Naunton Park Primary is a larger-than-average primary school with a warm, inclusive and orderly environment. Inspectors found pupils highly motivated and achieving well, supported by high expectations for behaviour, strong reading and mathematics provision, and a broad enrichment and extra-curricular offer. Safeguarding is effective, and staff feel well supported with workload, wellbeing and professional development. The school has experienced recent leadership changes, and this was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic; it had previously been exempt from inspection after an outstanding judgement and had not been inspected since 2013. Since September 2024, schools no longer receive an overall effectiveness grade, but the key judgements were positive across quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. There are still areas to refine. In a few subjects, the curriculum does not yet set out precisely the knowledge pupils should learn, assessment is less established, and learning is not adapted as well for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities across all subjects. Writing is less developed than reading and mathematics, with some younger pupils not securing fundamentals such as grammar, punctuation and handwriting, and early years outdoor activities do not support language and communication as well as they could. The school is also continuing to develop its approach to attendance.

Strengths

• Warm, inclusive and orderly school environment
• High expectations for behaviour with calm, purposeful lessons
• Strong reading provision that builds fluency and a love of reading
• Well-prioritised mathematics with secure checks on pupil understanding
• Clear ambition and ongoing curriculum development
• Effective social and emotional support for pupils who need it
• Broad enrichment and extra-curricular opportunities
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Staff feel supported with workload, wellbeing and professional development
• Pupils have leadership opportunities and learn about responsibility

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum in a few subjects lacks precise essential knowledge and progression
• Assessment is less established in some subjects and does not always address gaps and misconceptions
• Learning is not consistently adapted for pupils with SEND across all subjects
• Writing curriculum is less developed, and some younger pupils lack technical skills, grammar, punctuation and handwriting
• Early years outdoor activities do not support language and communication as well as they could
• Attendance approach is still being developed to ensure all pupils attend regularly

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 Naunton Park Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.8% 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 Naunton 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 Naunton Park Primary School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.0% 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, 12.7% of pupils at Naunton Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 Naunton Park Primary School received £6,810 and spent £6,763 for each of its 402 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £318,000 (-£791 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 Naunton Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Naunton Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Naunton Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Naunton Park Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Naunton Park Primary School have?

Naunton Park Primary School has 402 pupils on roll.

What age range does Naunton Park Primary School cover?

Naunton Park Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Naunton Park Primary School?

Naunton Park Primary School is at Naunton Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 7BT.