Great Oldbury Primary Academy

Great Oldbury Primary Academy has shown strong performance in its first inspection, achieving a 'Good' rating across most domains and 'Outstanding' in personal development and early years provision. The school fosters a welcoming and vibrant environment where pupils are eager to learn and attend regularly. It emphasizes positive behavior and inclusivity, with effective support for students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities. The trust providing oversight offers solid backing, enhancing the school’s overall effectiveness.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil behavior leading to a calm learning environment.
• Pupils show a love for learning and high attendance rates.
• Outstanding support for personal development and early years education.
• Effective phonics instruction contributing to strong reading outcomes.
• A well-sequenced curriculum that helps pupils retain knowledge.
• Inclusive practices ensuring all pupils receive necessary support.
• Strong focus on staff professional development and well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment in the wider curriculum is not yet used effectively to check long-term retention of knowledge.

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 Great Oldbury Primary Academy attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.3% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Great Oldbury Primary Academy 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 Great Oldbury Primary Academy had 22.8 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, 15.3% of pupils at Great Oldbury Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 2024–25 Great Oldbury Primary Academy received £7,214 and spent £7,424 for each of its 175 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £134,000 (£765 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Gloucestershire Learning Alliance, income was £6,776 and spending £6,867 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 Stonehouse · Gloucestershire local authority: places and applications

Great Oldbury Primary Academy is part of Gloucestershire Learning Alliance, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Longford Park Primary Academy Gloucester
• Churchdown Village Infant School Gloucester
• Springbank Primary Academy Cheltenham
• Rowanfield Junior School Cheltenham
• Rowanfield Infant School Cheltenham
• Tredington Community Primary School Tewkesbury
• Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy Cheltenham
• Northway Infant School Tewkesbury
• Carrant Brook Junior School Tewkesbury
• Badsey First School Evesham

What is Great Oldbury Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Great Oldbury Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Great Oldbury Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Great Oldbury Primary Academy was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Great Oldbury Primary Academy have?

Great Oldbury Primary Academy has 242 pupils on roll.

What age range does Great Oldbury Primary Academy cover?

Great Oldbury Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

Where is Great Oldbury Primary Academy?

Great Oldbury Primary Academy is at Veterans Way, Great Oldbury, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3WH.