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Coaley Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
The Street, Coaley, Dursley GL11 5EB · coaleyacademy.co.uk · 01453 890358
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 100%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Gloucestershire 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 86
- 2 over 84 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 12 families put the school first and 12 places were offered; 92% 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 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 12 | 14 | 1.2▲ | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 11 | 9 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 12 | 13 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 100% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 33% 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 | |||
| ▲100% | 62% | ||
| ▲33% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 115616)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Coaley Church of England Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 June 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 Jun 2022
- 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115616), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115616)
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 16
- 26% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 6% who had a child bullied