Sharpness Primary School
New Town, Berkeley, GL13 9NU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Helen Buckingham
- Constituency
- Stroud
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 114
- URN
- 115526
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01453811220
About this school
Sharpness Primary School is a community primary school in Berkeley. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 114 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 12 | 20 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 83% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 8% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 92% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 92% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 83% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 109.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
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 Sharpness 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 | 76% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 114 |
| 2023/24 | 107 |
| 2024/25 | 114 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sharpness Primary School compares
Sharpness Primary School ranked 123rd of 209 primary schools in Gloucestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 6.1% | 19.3% | 114 | — |
| Berkeley Primary School | 40% | 5.2% | 16.1% | 232 | 1.5 miles |
| Severnbanks Primary School | 68% | 4.8% | 37.6% | 251 | 2.2 miles |
| Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy | 90% | 3.9% | 20% | 211 | 2.9 miles |
| Lydney Church of England Community School | 65% | 5.3% | 22% | 199 | 3.0 miles |
| Blakeney Primary School | 17% | 5.2% | 23.8% | 75 | 3.2 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 5 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.3%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.11%
- Persistent absence
- 21.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Berkeley Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Berkeley
-
Severnbanks Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Lydney
-
Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy2.9 miles
Primary · Lydney
-
Lydney Church of England Community School3.0 miles
Primary · Lydney
-
Blakeney Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Blakeney
Other schools in Berkeley
- Berkeley Primary School Primary
- Stone with Woodford Church of England Primary School Primary
- SGS Berkeley Green UTC Secondary
- Skylark Plus Limited Other types
Common questions
- What year groups does Sharpness Primary School teach?
- Sharpness Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Berkeley.
- Who is the headteacher of Sharpness Primary School?
- The headteacher of Sharpness Primary School is Miss Helen Buckingham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sharpness Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sharpness Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Sharpness Primary School?
- Sharpness Primary School has 114 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Sharpness Primary School full?
- Sharpness Primary School has capacity for 140 pupils and 114 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sharpness Primary School a faith school?
- No. Sharpness Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sharpness Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Sharpness Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Sharpness Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 76% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sharpness Primary School rank locally?
- Sharpness Primary School ranked 123rd of 209 primary schools in Gloucestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sharpness Primary School's absence rate?
- Sharpness Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sharpness Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sharpness 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 30 June 2026.