Voluntary aided school · Primary
Wotton-under-Edge · GL12 7BD · Gloucestershire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 115739
The British School
Foundation school · Wotton-under-Edge · GL12 7JU
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
177
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed foundation school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, 177 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 13%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Ages 4–11
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Ages 4–11
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Ages 5–11
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Overview
- School type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 115739
Location
- Address
- Wortley Road, The British School
- Postcode
- GL12 7JU
- Town
- Wotton-under-Edge
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 177
- Boys / girls
- 89 / 88
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 177 / 210 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 13%
- FSM pupils
- 23
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Roche
- Telephone
- 01453843371
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2020-03-10
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 69%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 10%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
5.0%
Persistent absence
5.7%
Unauthorised
0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 4.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 159
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 5.9% · Persistent 10.7%
- 2021/22
- Overall 7.5% · Persistent 20.1%