Pillowell Community Primary School

Forest of Dean · GL15 4QT

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 73 pupils, 16.4% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Requires improvement

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Pillowell Community Primary School

General Information

Address: School Road, Pillowell, Lydney, GL15 4QT – View on map
Phone: 01594562244
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Kirsty Evans
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 10 families put it first for 10 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 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 11 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

73 pupils out of 84 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 12
% eligible for free school meals: 16.4%
Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Forest of Dean average)
English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 28.9% a year (Forest of Dean 20.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 59% moved to another school, 41% 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

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

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: 4.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 6.4%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 24.7%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.6%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Vision impairment: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Requires improvement 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 44% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 18 percentage points below the Forest of Dean average (62%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 54% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 54%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
Based on: 9 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

This schoolForest of Dean averageEngland↘ Falling Down 27 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 18 percentage points below the Forest of Dean average (62%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 33rd of 40 junior and primary schools in the area

=30Lydbrook Primary School50%
=30Soudley School50%
=33Pillowell Community Primary School44%
=33Redmarley Church of England Primary School44%
#35Churcham Primary School43%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy90%
#2Steam Mills Primary School87%
=3Aylburton Church of England Primary School83%
=3Parkend Primary School83%
#5Huntley Church of England Primary School82%
#6Mitcheldean Endowed Primary School74%
=7Tutshill Church of England Primary School73%
=7Yorkley Primary School73%
=9Coalway Primary School72%
=9Forest View Primary School72%
=11Pauntley Church of England Primary School71%
=11Staunton and Corse Church of England Primary School71%
#13Lift Offa's Mead69%
#14Severnbanks Primary School68%
=15Ann Cam Church of England Primary School67%
=15Bromesberrow St Mary's Church of England Primary School67%
=15Hope Brook CofE Primary School67%
=15Newnham St Peter's Church of England Primary School67%
=15Tibberton Community Primary School and Early Years67%
=20Lydney Church of England Community School65%
=20Woodside Primary School65%
#22St Briavels Parochial Church of England Primary School63%
#23St White's Primary School61%
#24Berry Hill Primary School60%
#25Westbury-on-Severn Church of England Primary School57%
=26Drybrook Primary School56%
=26Ellwood Primary School56%
#28St John's C of E Academy54%
#29Woolaston Primary School52%
=30Littledean Church of England Primary School50%
=30Lydbrook Primary School50%
=30Soudley School50%
=33Pillowell Community Primary School44%
=33Redmarley Church of England Primary School44%
#35Churcham Primary School43%
#36Bream Church of England Primary School41%
#37Hartpury Church of England Primary School33%
#38Picklenash Junior School29%
#39Ruardean Church of England Primary School23%
#40Blakeney Primary School17%

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32nd of 32 primary schools in Forest of Dean for Ofsted rating

#30Blakeney Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#31Littledean Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#32Pillowell Community Primary SchoolRequires improvement

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Ann Cam Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#2Bream Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#3Churcham Primary SchoolGood
#4Clearwell Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#5Coalway Primary SchoolGood
#6Ellwood Primary SchoolGood
#7English Bicknor Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#8Forest View Primary SchoolGood
#9Hartpury Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#10Hope Brook CofE Primary SchoolGood
#11Huntley Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#12Lift Offa's MeadGood
#13Lydbrook Primary SchoolGood
#14Lydney Church of England Community SchoolGood
#15Mitcheldean Endowed Primary SchoolGood
#16Newnham St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#17Parkend Primary SchoolGood
#18Pauntley Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#19Redbrook Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#20Redmarley Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#21Ruardean Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#22St Briavels Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#23Tibberton Community Primary School and Early YearsGood
#24Tutshill Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#25Walmore Hill Primary SchoolGood
#26Westbury-on-Severn Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#27Woodside Primary SchoolGood
#28Woolaston Primary SchoolGood
#29Yorkley Primary SchoolGood
#30Blakeney Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#31Littledean Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#32Pillowell Community Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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