Amberley Parochial School
General Information
- Address: Amberley, Stroud, GL5 5JG – View on map
- Phone: 01453873349
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Alison Flight
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 13 families put it first for 15 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 16 · 2025 11 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 3
- % eligible for free school meals: 3.3%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Stroud average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 0% a year (Stroud 15.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Gloucestershire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 9 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 11 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Gloucestershire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 2.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 3.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 87% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 20% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 24 percentage points above the Stroud average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 89% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 89%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 87% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 107
- Based on: 15 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 3rd of 52 junior and primary schools in the area
- #1Coaley Church of England Primary Academy100%
- #2Stone with Woodford Church of England Primary School92%
- #3Amberley Parochial School87%
- #4Horsley Church of England Primary School82%
- =5Eastcombe Primary School80%
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3rd of 45 primary schools in Stroud for Ofsted rating
- #1Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #2Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #3Amberley Parochial SchoolGood
- #4Berkeley Primary SchoolGood
- #5Bisley Blue Coat Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,500 (2024-25)
40th of 54 primary schools in Stroud for spending per pupil
- #38King's Stanley CofE Primary School£6,517
- #39North Nibley CofE Primary School£6,510
- #40Amberley Parochial School£6,500
- #41St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£6,484
- #42Whiteshill Primary School£6,461
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