Haresfield Church of England Primary School

Haresfield Church of England Primary School is a small, inclusive village school that inspectors judged to be meeting the expected standard across all graded areas, with safeguarding met. Pupils achieve broadly in line with national averages by the end of Year 6, and the school’s strong focus on reading, phonics, mathematics recall, writing and the wider curriculum is helping most pupils build secure knowledge. The school’s caring, family atmosphere, deep sense of belonging and warm relationships underpin strong behaviour, above-average attendance and low persistent absence. Pupils with SEND are identified swiftly and supported well through a highly personalised offer, and personal development is a notable strength, with broad enrichment and careful attention to safety and wellbeing. The main areas for further work are writing accuracy and presentation, where teaching is not always consistent, and assessment in the wider curriculum, which is less well developed than in core subjects. Leaders also need to strengthen subject leadership so that leaders and governors can evaluate impact more precisely. Although disadvantaged pupils are a small group and leaders use pupil premium thoughtfully, published data shows notable gaps for disadvantaged pupils in combined reading, writing and mathematics, and in mathematics specifically. The school is part of the Diocese of Gloucester and has a Church of England character; because there were fewer than five children in the early years foundation stage at the time of inspection, no grade was given for that phase.

Strengths

• Caring, family atmosphere creates a deep sense of belonging and pupils feel safe and loved.
• Proactive attendance work keeps overall absence above national figures and persistent absence low.
• Pupils behave well, show respect, follow the AIM HIGH expectations and say bullying is rare.
• Broad curriculum reflects the local context and is logically organised across mixed-age classes.
• Teaching typically uses effective modelling, clear explanations and well-deployed support staff.
• Pupils achieve well in phonics by the end of Year 1 and read with growing fluency.
• Improvements in mathematics help more pupils recall multiplication facts securely.
• SEND identification is accurate and swift, with a highly inclusive and personalised offer.
• Pupils with SEND typically make progress academically and socially.
• Personal development programme is thoughtfully designed, with safety, British values and wellbeing covered well.
• Enrichment is a strength, with clubs and visits made accessible and affordable for all.
• Leaders have a secure understanding of the school and build very effective relationships with families.
• Governors support and challenge the school appropriately.
• Safeguarding standards are met.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teaching does not consistently insist on accurate handwriting, punctuation and presentation, limiting progress for some pupils.
• Assessment in the wider curriculum is less well developed than in core subjects and is not used consistently to secure knowledge across all subjects.
• Subject leadership needs further development so leaders and governors can evaluate the impact of the school’s work more precisely.
• Published data shows disadvantaged pupils’ combined reading, writing and mathematics outcomes are below national non-disadvantaged pupils, with a large gap.
• Disadvantaged pupils’ mathematics outcomes are notably below national non-disadvantaged pupils.

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 Haresfield Church of England Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Haresfield Church of England 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 Haresfield Church of England Primary School had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.2% 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, 23.1% of pupils at Haresfield Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Haresfield Church of England Primary School received £8,404 and spent £8,469 for each of its 91 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £205,000 (£2,253 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 Haresfield Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Haresfield Church of England Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Haresfield Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Haresfield Church of England Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Haresfield Church of England Primary School have?

Haresfield Church of England Primary School has 91 pupils on roll.

What age range does Haresfield Church of England Primary School cover?

Haresfield Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Haresfield Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Haresfield Church of England Primary School?

Haresfield Church of England Primary School is at Haresfield, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3EF.