Southrop Church of England Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Southrop
Southrop C of E Primary School
Lechlade
Gloucestershire
GL7 3NU
Phone 01367850246
Reference Number 115651

Southrop Church of England Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement, indicating several areas where the school's performance is not meeting expectations, particularly in education quality and leadership. Despite these challenges, the school has shown strengths in fostering a positive environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy their learning. The curriculum is mostly new, requiring better identification of essential knowledge across various subjects to support effective teaching and learning, especially for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Additionally, the school has had its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, which has influenced its evaluation.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 38
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 26.32%
Girls: 73.68%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 18.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 1 3 4
2 3 7 10
3 2 1 3
4 Unknown 3 3
5 2 5 7
6 1 7 8

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 76.3%
Unclassified 21.1%
White, Other 2.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
Last Report Date 03 Oct 2023
Date Report
03 Oct 2023 School inspection:
01 Mar 2018 Short inspection
07 Mar 2013 Full inspection:
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
11 Dec 2007 Full inspection:
13 Jan 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils feel safe and are happy at school.
  • The school offers a wide range of enrichment experiences.
  • The early years curriculum is well-adapted to individual children’s needs.
  • Teachers promote a love of reading through high-quality book selections.
  • The school's behaviour expectations lead to a calm and productive environment.

Areas for Improvement

  • Curriculum knowledge and structure in some subjects are not clearly identified.
  • Some pupils with SEND do not have precise targets in their individual education plans.
  • Gaps in pupils' phonics knowledge hinder spelling accuracy.
  • Staff do not always have secure subject knowledge for effective teaching.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 78%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 11%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 111
Maths 107

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.7
Writing -0.4
Maths -0.6

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 4 0
Third Preference 3 0
From another Local Authority 6 3

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