Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School

Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School is noted for its warm and respectful relationships among pupils and staff, creating a strong sense of community known as ‘TEAM Prestbury’. The school promotes a wide range of extracurricular activities that allow pupils to explore their talents, and leaders maintain high expectations for academic achievement. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, with a strong emphasis on mental health and well-being, and a supportive environment for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Overall, the school continues to perform well, having maintained its good status since its last inspection.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy positive relationships with peers and staff.
• High expectations are set by school leaders.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with clear sequencing.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Strong emphasis on mental health and well-being.
• Pupils actively engage in extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Not all subjects have fully embedded the new curriculum, impacting the depth of knowledge and skills.
• A minority of parents feel their concerns are not adequately addressed.

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 Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior 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 Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.6% 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, 16.4% of pupils at Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School received £7,000 and spent £6,853 for each of its 238 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £59,000 (£246 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 Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School have?

Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School has 238 pupils on roll.

What age range does Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School cover?

Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School?

Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior School is at Bouncers Lane, Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 5JB.