The British School

The British School demonstrates a good overall effectiveness with a solid performance in areas such as the quality of education, behaviour, and personal development. Pupils show enthusiasm for learning and display positive attitudes towards their studies. The curriculum is engaging, with strengths noted in reading, mathematics, science, and music, ensuring pupils are well-prepared for their next steps. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in geography, where curriculum planning needs to be strengthened and assessment practices need to be more consistently applied across all subjects. Additionally, there is a need for greater clarity regarding the role of the governing body among parents.

Strengths

• High expectations set by leaders and staff.
• Pupils have positive attitudes towards learning.
• Well-planned and engaging curriculum in most subjects.
• Strong performance in reading, mathematics, science, and music.
• Good support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment is not consistently used to support pupils' learning.
• Curriculum sequencing needs improvement in geography.
• Parents lack understanding of the governing body's roles.

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 The British School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% 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, 2.3% of pupils at The British 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 The British School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.3% 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, 6.8% of pupils at The British School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% 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 The British School received £6,922 and spent £6,985 for each of its 177 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £72,000 (£404 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 The British School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The British School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was The British School last inspected by Ofsted?

The British School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does The British School have?

The British School has 177 pupils on roll.

What age range does The British School cover?

The British School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are The British School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The British School?

The British School is at Wortley Road, The British School, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 7JU.