Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School

Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive school where belonging and kindness are central. Pupils are happy to attend, behave well and build warm relationships with adults. They benefit from a broad curriculum, strong early reading provision and a personal development programme that includes leadership roles and community links. Leadership has stabilised under a new headteacher, and governors have an accurate understanding of the school’s strengths and priorities. The school has rapidly improved its curriculum after significant change, and this is beginning to have a positive impact. The main area for development is the quality of education. In some subjects, the revised curriculum is not yet fully implemented, leaving pupils with gaps in knowledge and difficulty recalling learning over time. Pupils are not consistently given enough opportunity to apply mathematical knowledge to problem solving and reasoning. Support for some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is not sufficiently precise, so activities do not always match their needs and they do not always receive the support required to access the curriculum successfully. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and followed the appointment of a new headteacher in January 2024. The school is a voluntary aided Church of England primary with its own nursery, and safeguarding arrangements were judged effective.

Strengths

• Welcoming, inclusive school culture where belonging and kindness are central
• Pupils are excited to attend, behave well and build warm, caring relationships
• Strong early reading provision, with well-matched books and trained staff addressing gaps
• Broad curriculum shaped by local context, including life-skills afternoons in coding and cookery
• Disadvantaged pupils are well considered in curriculum design
• Effective behaviour and pastoral systems support good attendance and strong home-school links
• Personal development programme prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain
• New headteacher, skilled governors and dedicated staff provide stability and direction
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Quality of education remains an area for improvement across the school
• Support plans for some pupils with SEND lack specificity, so support is not always well matched to needs
• Curriculum implementation is still developing in some subjects, leaving gaps in pupils’ knowledge
• Some pupils find it hard to recall prior learning over time
• Pupils are not consistently given enough opportunities to apply mathematical knowledge to problem solving and reasoning
• Some pupils do not develop the depth of mathematical understanding needed for future learning

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 Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.2% 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 Leonard Stanley 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 Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.1% 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, 15.6% of pupils at Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School received £6,518 and spent £6,324 for each of its 225 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £88,000 (£390 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 Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in November 2024.

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

Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School have?

Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School has 225 pupils on roll.

What age range does Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School cover?

Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School?

Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School is at Bath Road, Leonard Stanley, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3LY.