Finlay Community School

Finlay Community School demonstrates a strong performance, highlighted by its warm and inclusive environment where pupils feel valued and safe. With an ambitious and well-structured curriculum, the school effectively supports pupils in their learning journeys from early years through to Year 6, preparing them well for secondary education. Notably, the school has made commendable progress in addressing previous weaknesses in key stage 1 outcomes, enabling pupils to catch up and regain lost ground. Overall, the school's leadership has fostered a positive culture where both staff and pupils thrive.

Strengths

• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum
• Strong focus on developing pupils' vocabulary
• Positive and caring relationships among pupils and staff
• Effective support for pupils' emotional well-being and mental health
• Well-managed early years provision

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils with SEND do not receive the precise support they need
• Persistently high absence rates affecting some pupils

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 Finlay Community School attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.2% 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, 2.2% of pupils at Finlay Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 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 Finlay Community School had 16.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.0% 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, 26.5% of pupils at Finlay Community School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.9% 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 Finlay Community School received £8,404 and spent £7,730 for each of its 412 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £496,000 (£1,203 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 Finlay Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Finlay Community School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Finlay Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Finlay Community School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Finlay Community School have?

Finlay Community School has 412 pupils on roll.

What age range does Finlay Community School cover?

Finlay Community School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Finlay Community School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Finlay Community School?

Finlay Community School is at Finlay Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 6TR.