Queen Margaret Primary School
York Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5HU
This school is closed (it closed in January 2024).
It was replaced by Queen Margaret Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sara Bennion
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 150
- URN
- 115560
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
About this school
Queen Margaret Primary School was a community primary school in Tewkesbury. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 150 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Queen Margaret Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 50% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 39% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 31% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -3.50 | - |
| 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 Queen Margaret 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 | 36% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 32% | 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% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 167 |
| 2023/24 | 150 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Queen Margaret Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.9% | 50.7% | 150 | — |
| Queen Margaret Primary Academy | 55% | 3.9% | 51.7% | 136 | 0.0 miles |
| The John Moore Primary School | 70% | 4% | 16.3% | 375 | 0.6 miles |
| Tewkesbury Church of England Primary School | 64% | 5.7% | 23.7% | 296 | 0.8 miles |
| Mitton Manor Primary School | 57% | 3.4% | 7.3% | 192 | 1.3 miles |
| Tirlebrook Primary School | 40% | 5.1% | 12.8% | 193 | 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.7%
- English as an additional language
- 8%
- Overall absence
- 8.9%
- Persistent absence
- 30.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Queen Margaret Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Tewkesbury
-
The John Moore Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Tewkesbury
-
Tewkesbury Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Tewkesbury
-
Mitton Manor Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Tewkesbury
-
Tirlebrook Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Tewkesbury
Other schools in Tewkesbury
- Ashchurch Primary School Primary
- Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School Primary
- Carrant Brook Junior School Primary
- Mitton Manor Primary School Primary
- Northway Infant School Primary
- Oak Hill Church of England Primary School Primary
- Overbury CofE First School Primary
- Queen Margaret Primary Academy Primary
- Tewkesbury Church of England Primary School Primary
- The John Moore Primary School Primary
- Tirlebrook Primary School Primary
- Tredington Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Queen Margaret Primary School teach?
- Queen Margaret Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Tewkesbury.
- Has Queen Margaret Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Queen Margaret 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 big is Queen Margaret Primary School?
- Queen Margaret Primary School had 150 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Queen Margaret Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Queen Margaret Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queen Margaret 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 9 July 2024.