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Abbeymead Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Mead Road, Abbeymead, Gloucester GL4 5YS · abbeymead.gloucs.sch.uk · 01452 371710
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Gloucestershire 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.34 mi
- 0.55 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Gloucestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 421
- 1 over 420 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
- First language not English
- 9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.34 mi (547 m) from the school. Source: Gloucestershire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 89 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 66% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 89 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 74 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 89 | 1.5▲ | 67% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 61 | 1▲ | 93% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.34 mi0.55 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Gloucestershire it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Abbeymead Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 14 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 14 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (90 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 90
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (27%) with SEND