Calton Primary School
Calton Road, Gloucester, GL1 5ET
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Calton Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Headteacher Jane Barker-Doe
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Gloucester
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 514
- URN
- 115486
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
About this school
Calton Primary School was a community primary school in Gloucester. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 514 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Calton Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 88 | 74 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 62% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Calton Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 525 |
| 2023/24 | 514 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Calton Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.3% | 25.3% | 514 | — |
| Calton Primary School | 40% | 5.9% | 27.1% | 508 | 0.0 miles |
| Linden Primary School | 43% | 4.6% | 25.6% | 420 | 0.3 miles |
| Tredworth Junior School | 38% | 6.9% | 53.8% | 310 | 0.5 miles |
| Tredworth Infant and Nursery Academy | — | 7.8% | 32% | 216 | 0.6 miles |
| Finlay Community School | 80% | 7.3% | 43.2% | 412 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.3%
- English as an additional language
- 20.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.3%
- Persistent absence
- 19.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Calton Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Gloucester
-
Linden Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Gloucester
-
Tredworth Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Gloucester
-
Tredworth Infant and Nursery Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Gloucester
-
Finlay Community School0.7 miles
Primary · Gloucester
Other schools in Gloucester
- Abbeymead Primary School Primary
- Ashleworth Church of England Primary School Primary
- Barnwood Church of England Primary School Primary
- Beech Green Primary School Primary
- Birdlip Primary School Primary
- Calton Primary School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Churcham Primary School Primary
- Churchdown Parton Manor Infant School Primary
- Churchdown Parton Manor Junior School Primary
- Churchdown Village Infant School Primary
- Churchdown Village Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Calton Primary School teach?
- Calton Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Gloucester.
- Has Calton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Calton Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Calton Primary School?
- Calton Primary School had 514 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Calton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Calton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Calton Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2024.