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Calton Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Calton Road, Gloucester GL1 5ET · caltonprimary.co.uk · 01452 527689
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2021
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 40%
- 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
- 508
- 81% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 27.1%
- First language not English
- 20.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Sand Academies Trust
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, 38 families put the school first and 41 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 | 41 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 40 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 42 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 64 | 55 | 0.9 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% 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 | |||
| ▼40% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 115486)
Ofsted
Calton Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 7 December 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 7 Dec 2021
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115486)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115486), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115486)
Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115486)
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115486)