Beech Green Primary School

Beech Green Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement, particularly in the quality of education and leadership. Despite these challenges, the school has notable strengths in personal development and behaviour, with pupils demonstrating politeness, respect, and a strong sense of community. The early years provision is well-designed and engages children effectively, promoting a positive learning environment. However, there are significant concerns regarding curriculum implementation and assessment, as many subjects are either new or still developing, leading to gaps in pupil knowledge and inconsistency in outcomes.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate polite and respectful behaviour.
• Early years foundation stage curriculum is well designed and effectively implemented.
• Strong emphasis on reading with additional phonics support for struggling pupils.
• Wide range of clubs and activities available to all pupils.
• Pupils feel safe and have trusted adults to approach with concerns.

Areas for Improvement

• Quality of learning activities varies between subjects and year groups.
• The school lacks an accurate overview of the impact of its improvement work.
• Some subject curriculums are not well-sequenced or detailed.
• Expectations of what pupils can achieve are sometimes too low.
• Checks on pupils' knowledge are not accurate.

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 Beech Green Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.5% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Beech Green Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Beech Green Primary School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.3% 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, 24.1% of pupils at Beech Green Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% 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 Beech Green Primary School received £7,512 and spent £7,752 for each of its 320 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £5,000 (-£15 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 Beech Green Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beech Green Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Beech Green Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beech Green Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Beech Green Primary School have?

Beech Green Primary School has 320 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beech Green Primary School cover?

Beech Green Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beech Green Primary School?

Beech Green Primary School is at St James, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 4WD.