Uplands Community Primary School
Thompson Road, Uplands, Stroud, GL5 1TE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr James Powell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stroud
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 108
- Pupils on roll
- 131
- URN
- 115543
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01453762409
About this school
Uplands Community Primary School is a community primary school in Stroud. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 131 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 63% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 6% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 75% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 81% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 69% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
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 Uplands Community 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 | 80% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 104 |
| 2024/25 | 109 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Uplands Community Primary School compares
Uplands Community Primary School ranked 56th of 209 primary schools in Gloucestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 5.1% | 24.8% | 131 | — |
| Stroud Valley Community Primary School | 77% | 8.1% | 29.5% | 252 | 0.5 miles |
| The Rosary Catholic Primary School | 57% | 6.2% | 28.9% | 135 | 0.5 miles |
| Rodborough Community Primary School | 71% | 6.5% | 8.3% | 185 | 0.8 miles |
| Callowell Primary School | 57% | 6.1% | 33% | 134 | 0.9 miles |
| Whiteshill Primary School | 50% | 4.2% | 7.8% | 98 | 1.3 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.77%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.11%
- Persistent absence
- 10.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Stroud Valley Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Stroud
-
The Rosary Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Stroud
-
Rodborough Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stroud
-
Callowell Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stroud
-
Whiteshill Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Stroud
Other schools in Stroud
Uplands Community Primary School ranks 10th of the 24 ranked primary schools in Stroud.
- Amberley Parochial School Primary
- Bisley Blue Coat Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brimscombe Church of England (VA) Primary School Primary
- Bussage Church of England Primary School Primary
- Callowell Primary School Primary
- Cashes Green Primary School Primary
- Chalford Hill Primary School Primary
- Eastcombe Primary School Primary
- Foxmoor Primary School Primary
- Gastrells Community Primary School Primary
- Horsley Church of England Primary School Primary
- Minchinhampton Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Uplands Community Primary School teach?
- Uplands Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Stroud.
- Who is the headteacher of Uplands Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Uplands Community Primary School is Mr James Powell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Uplands Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Uplands Community 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 Uplands Community Primary School?
- Uplands Community Primary School has 131 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Uplands Community Primary School full?
- Uplands Community Primary School has capacity for 108 pupils and 131 on roll (121%), so it is at or above 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 Uplands Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Uplands Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Uplands Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Uplands Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Uplands Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 80% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Uplands Community Primary School rank locally?
- Uplands Community Primary School ranked 56th of 209 primary schools in Gloucestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Uplands Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Uplands Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Uplands Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Uplands Community 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.