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Finlay Community School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Foundation school
Finlay Road, Gloucester GL4 6TR · finlayschool.co.uk · 01452 530310
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Gloucestershire 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Gloucestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 412
- 98% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Free school meals
- 41.3%
- First language not English
- 18.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Gloucestershire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 48 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 48 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 52 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 54 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 90% |
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% 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 | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲113 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Finlay Community School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 9 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 9 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Feb 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (41 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 41
- 11% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied