King's Stanley CofE Primary School

King’s Stanley CofE Primary School is performing well, with an overall effectiveness rated as good. The school promotes a welcoming and inclusive environment, fostering positive relationships between staff and pupils. The curriculum is broad and interesting, ensuring most pupils achieve well, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics. The school places strong emphasis on valuing individual interests and personal development, which is appreciated by both pupils and parents. However, there are a few areas where the curriculum in some foundation subjects is not as well established, which could hinder deep knowledge acquisition among students in certain areas.

Strengths

• Welcoming and inclusive environment
• Strong emphasis on reading with effective support for struggling readers
• Broad and interesting curriculum that ignites pupils' enthusiasm
• High proportion of pupils achieving strong outcomes
• Well-tailored support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils fostering trust

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum and assessment in some foundation subjects are less well established
• Teaching does not always check what pupils already know, leading to misconceptions

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 King's Stanley CofE Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.4% 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, 0.5% of pupils at King's Stanley 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 King's Stanley CofE Primary School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.2% 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, 13.7% of pupils at King's Stanley CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% 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 King's Stanley CofE Primary School received £6,843 and spent £7,209 for each of its 205 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £34,000 (£167 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 King's Stanley CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King's Stanley CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was King's Stanley CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

King's Stanley CofE Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does King's Stanley CofE Primary School have?

King's Stanley CofE Primary School has 205 pupils on roll.

What age range does King's Stanley CofE Primary School cover?

King's Stanley CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are King's Stanley CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is King's Stanley CofE Primary School?

King's Stanley CofE Primary School is at Broad Street, King's Stanley, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3PN.