Gastrells Community Primary School
Kingscourt Lane, Stroud, GL5 3PS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Seward
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Stroud
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 177
- Pupils on roll
- 172
- URN
- 115573
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01453765959
About this school
Gastrells Community Primary School is a community primary school in Stroud. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 172 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 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 27 | 23 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 48% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 13% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 65% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 65% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 61% | 46% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.80 | - | - |
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 Gastrells 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 | 48% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 186 |
| 2023/24 | 175 |
| 2024/25 | 179 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gastrells Community Primary School compares
Gastrells Community Primary School ranked 170th of 209 primary schools in Gloucestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46% | 7.9% | 8.4% | 172 | — |
| Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary School | 59% | 3.9% | 6% | 135 | 0.6 miles |
| Rodborough Community Primary School | 71% | 6.5% | 8.3% | 185 | 0.7 miles |
| Stroud Valley Community Primary School | 77% | 8.1% | 29.5% | 252 | 1.1 miles |
| The Rosary Catholic Primary School | 57% | 6.2% | 28.9% | 135 | 1.1 miles |
| St Matthew's Church of England Primary School | 74% | 4% | 18.2% | 195 | 1.2 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.38%
- English as an additional language
- 1.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.87%
- Persistent absence
- 16.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Stroud
-
Rodborough Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stroud
-
Stroud Valley Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Stroud
-
The Rosary Catholic Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Stroud
-
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Stroud
Other schools in Stroud
Gastrells Community Primary School ranks 22nd 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
- Horsley Church of England Primary School Primary
- Minchinhampton Primary Academy Primary
- Miserden Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Gastrells Community Primary School teach?
- Gastrells Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Stroud.
- Who is the headteacher of Gastrells Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Gastrells Community Primary School is Mrs Helen Seward, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gastrells Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gastrells 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 Gastrells Community Primary School?
- Gastrells Community Primary School has 172 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Gastrells Community Primary School full?
- Gastrells Community Primary School has capacity for 177 pupils and 172 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Gastrells Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Gastrells Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gastrells Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Gastrells Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Gastrells Community Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Gastrells Community Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Gastrells Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 46% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gastrells Community Primary School rank locally?
- Gastrells Community Primary School ranked 170th of 209 primary schools in Gloucestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gastrells Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Gastrells Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gastrells Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gastrells 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.