Berkeley Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Berkeley · GL13 9AZ · Gloucestershire
Ages 4–11
- KS269%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM17.1%
- Demand0.94
1.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Needs attentionURN 115526
Sharpness Primary School
Community school · Berkeley · GL13 9NU
Ages 4–11 · 114 pupils · Gloucestershire
Ofsted
Needs attention
KS2 expected (RWM)
83%
Overall absence
6.3%
Admissions demand
0.90 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-01-27
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)83%
Higher standard (RWM)8%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)23.5%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 5.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 102
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.90 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
18
Places offered
20
1st-preference offers
18
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 26
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 20
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill81%
114 pupils · 140 places
- Pupils on roll
- 114
- Boys / girls
- 51 / 63
- School capacity
- 140
- Capacity fill
- 114 / 140 (81%)
- Free school meals
- 14.9%
- FSM pupils
- 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Miss Helen Buckingham
Location
- Address
- New Town
- Postcode
- GL13 9NU
- Town
- Berkeley
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, 114 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 14.9%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Severnbanks Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Lydney · GL15 5AU · Gloucestershire
Ages 3–11
- KS254%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM32.7%
- Demand1.28
2.2 miles away
Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Lydney · GL15 5TA · Gloucestershire
Ages 4–11
- KS248%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM21.8%
- Demand1.10
2.9 miles away
Lydney Church of England Community School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Lydney · GL15 5JH · Gloucestershire
Ages 4–11
- KS267%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM21.1%
- Demand0.75
3.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Helen Buckingham
- Telephone
- 01453811220