Gardners Lane Primary School | Primary in Cheltenham | Ofsted & DfE

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

278

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

278

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

278

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 17/07/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityGloucestershire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio17.9:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Gardners Lane Primary School · Primary · Gloucestershire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

50%

+16pp

77%56%34%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 50%

RWM higher standard

10%

+8pp

10%6%2%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

62%

Reading higher standard

26%

Writing expected standard

57%

Writing higher standard

10%

Maths expected standard

64%

Maths higher standard

17%

Science expected standard

71%

SPAG expected standard

64%

SPAG higher standard

19%

Reading scaled score

102.0

Maths scaled score

101.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

278

Pupil : teacher ratio

17.9

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

34%

FSM eligible

39%

SEN

24%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

25%

Contact

Address

Gardners Lane, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, GL51 9JW

Local authority

Gloucestershire

Website

http://www.gardnerslane.org.uk

Telephone

01242515761

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	50%	10%	62%	26%	57%	10%	64%	17%	71%	64%	102.0	101.0	102.0	—	—	—	24%	278
2023/24	34%	2%	70%	21%	66%	9%	47%	6%	66%	66%	105.0	99.0	102.0	—	—	—	29%	281
2022/23	77%	10%	88%	44%	83%	13%	81%	28%	90%	88%	108.0	106.0	107.0	+8.30	+6.40	+6.70	37%	261
2018/19	62%	8%	64%	10%	92%	15%	79%	18%	85%	90%	102.0	105.0	105.0	+3.40	+5.80	+4.50	31%	310
2017/18	68%	3%	81%	30%	84%	16%	81%	16%	92%	78%	105.0	104.0	105.0	+4.00	+4.90	+4.70	26%	311
2016/17	62%	0%	68%	18%	76%	9%	76%	15%	88%	68%	102.0	104.0	104.0	+3.70	+4.40	+4.40	40%	300

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	278	17.8	24%	34%	39%	8%	25%
2023/24	281	18.2	29%	31%	39%	10%	30%
2022/23	261	19.2	37%	33%	44%	11%	37%
2021/22	242	17.8	31%	26%	48%	11%	39%
2020/21	269	16.9	30%	29%	49%	—	—
2018/19	310	17.1	31%	31%	40%	6%	21%
2017/18	311	18.7	26%	30%	47%	6%	22%
2016/17	300	19.7	40%	31%	47%	6%	18%