OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
13 March 2023
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Trust
PRIMARY QUEST MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
206
206 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
90
43.7% of pupils
Male pupils
116
56.3% of pupils
16.1 pts
below England
School
8.7%
Tewkesbury
19.6%
South West
20.1%
England
24.8%
18.4 pts
below England
School
1.9%
Tewkesbury
8.5%
South West
10.7%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Tewkesbury
0.7%
South West
1.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other Mixed background
4.4%
9
Any other White background
2.4%
5
White and Black Caribbean
2.4%
5
White and Black African
1.5%
3
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
17.0%
35 of
206 pupils
3.8 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
12.1%
25 pupils
England
14.8%
2.6 pts
below
EHC plans
4.9%
10 pupils
England
6.0%
1.2 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Moderate learning difficulty
12
Social, emotional & mental health
12
Speech, language & communication
4
Autistic spectrum disorder
2
Specific learning difficulty
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.72%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.50 pts
lower than
England
School
3.72%
Tewkesbury
6.47%
South West
6.20%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
6.95%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
8.86 pts
lower than
England
School
6.95%
Tewkesbury
15.22%
South West
15.08%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.80 pts
lower than
England
School
0.00%
Tewkesbury
2.21%
South West
1.90%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
98.1%
9.9 pts
above England
Highnam CofE Primary Academy
98.1%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.