Forest View Primary School

Forest View Primary School has demonstrated effective progress in maintaining the standards established in its previous inspection. The school is recognized for its welcoming and inclusive environment, which has become a central part of the community. With high expectations for student learning and behavior, the school successfully supports pupils in achieving strong academic outcomes while fostering their social development. Parents appreciate the pastoral care provided and believe the school contributes significantly to their children's well-being and success.

Strengths

• High expectations of pupils’ learning and behaviour.
• Strong partnerships with families and effective pastoral support.
• Ambitious curriculum in core subjects with strong subject knowledge from staff.
• Early reading and mathematics taught effectively with additional support for struggling pupils.
• Pupils display positive attitudes toward learning and feel safe at school.

Areas for Improvement

• Gaps in pupils' knowledge due to unclear key components in the wider curriculum.

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 Forest View Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Forest View 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 Forest View Primary School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 22.2% of pupils at Forest View Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.6% 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 2024–25 Forest View Primary School received £6,411 and spent £6,544 for each of its 372 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £419,000 (£1,126 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Forest of Dean Trust, income was £7,728 and spending £7,700 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Cinderford · Gloucestershire local authority: places and applications

Forest View Primary School is part of Forest of Dean Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Drybrook Primary School Drybrook
• Dene Magna and Sixth Form Mitcheldean

What is Forest View Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Forest View Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Forest View Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Forest View Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Forest View Primary School have?

Forest View Primary School has 365 pupils on roll.

What age range does Forest View Primary School cover?

Forest View Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Forest View Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Forest View Primary School?

Forest View Primary School is at Latimer Road, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, GL14 2QA.