North Nibley CofE Primary School

North Nibley CofE Primary School continues to demonstrate overall good performance, with an emphasis on fostering a supportive and motivating learning environment for its pupils. The school's commitment to individual needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), has created an atmosphere where children feel valued and engaged in their education. Many positive features, such as strong relationships between staff and pupils and diverse extracurricular opportunities, contribute to a sense of belonging and achievement within the school community.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel a strong sense of belonging.
• Leaders have high ambitions for all pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND is in place.
• Pupils display courteous behavior and are motivated in their learning.
• A variety of extracurricular activities enhances pupil engagement.
• Strong development of reading and writing skills.
• A well-planned curriculum in most subjects.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum development in history and geography is at an earlier stage.
• Some subjects lack the identification of key essential knowledge for pupils.
• Inconsistent support for problem-solving and reasoning in mathematics.

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 North Nibley CofE Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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 North Nibley CofE 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 North Nibley CofE Primary School had 14.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% 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, 16.0% of pupils at North Nibley CofE 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 North Nibley CofE Primary School received £7,941 and spent £7,707 for each of its 106 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £173,000 (£1,635 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 North Nibley CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for North Nibley CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was North Nibley CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

North Nibley CofE Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does North Nibley CofE Primary School have?

North Nibley CofE Primary School has 106 pupils on roll.

What age range does North Nibley CofE Primary School cover?

North Nibley CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are North Nibley CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is North Nibley CofE Primary School?

North Nibley CofE Primary School is at The Street, North Nibley, North Nibley C of E Primary School, Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL11 6DL.