Andoversford Primary School
General Information
- Address: Old Gloucester Road, Andoversford, Cheltenham, GL54 4HR – View on map
- Phone: 01242820407
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Anna Mason
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 13 families put it first for 13 places – 10 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: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 14
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.9%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Cotswold average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 28.3% a year (Cotswold 16.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 21% moved to another school, 79% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 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: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Cotswold average (64%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 100% · Writing 71% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 103
- Based on: 7 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: 15th of 37 junior and primary schools in the area
- #13Blockley Church of England Primary School74%
- #14Ampney Crucis Church of England Primary School73%
- #15Andoversford Primary School71%
- =16Rodmarton Primary School70%
- =16St Catharine's Catholic Primary School70%
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3rd of 29 primary schools in Cotswold for Ofsted rating
- #1Fairford Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #2Powell's Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #3Andoversford Primary SchoolGood
- #4Ann Edwards Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #5Avening Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £10,240 (2024-25)
4th of 43 primary schools in Cotswold for spending per pupil
- #2Southrop Church of England Primary School£13,088
- #3Sapperton Church of England Primary School£12,147
- #4Andoversford Primary School£10,240
- #5Willersey Church of England Primary School£9,878
- #6Kempsford Church of England Primary School£9,693
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