Picklenash Junior School
Ross Road, Newent, GL18 1BG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Michelle Kelly
- Federation
- GPP Federation
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 157
- URN
- 115733
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01531820589
About this school
Picklenash Junior School is a foundation primary school in Newent. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 157 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Picklenash Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 50 | 49 | 41 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 39% | 29% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 8% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 55% | 46% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 43% | 39% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 52% | 43% | 46% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 99.0 | 96.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.80 | - | - |
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 Picklenash Junior 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 | 38% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 29% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 191 |
| 2023/24 | 191 |
| 2024/25 | 161 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Picklenash Junior School compares
Picklenash Junior School ranked 202nd of 209 primary schools in Gloucestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 29% | 6.5% | 28.6% | 157 | — |
| Glebe Infants' School | — | 7.7% | 22.5% | 132 | 0.0 miles |
| Pauntley Church of England Primary School | 71% | 3.5% | 17.2% | 25 | 2.0 miles |
| Gorsley Goffs Primary School | 44% | 3.6% | 5.7% | 210 | 2.8 miles |
| Ann Cam Church of England Primary School | 67% | 6.2% | 15.2% | 126 | 3.4 miles |
| Redmarley Church of England Primary School | 44% | 4% | 5.6% | 97 | 3.8 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)
- 28.57%
- English as an additional language
- 22.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.47%
- Persistent absence
- 23.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Glebe Infants' School0.0 miles
Primary · Newent
-
Pauntley Church of England Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Newent
-
Gorsley Goffs Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Ross-on-Wye
-
Ann Cam Church of England Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · Dymock
-
Redmarley Church of England Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Gloucester
Other schools in Newent
- Glebe Infants' School Primary
- Pauntley Church of England Primary School Primary
- Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Picklenash Junior School teach?
- Picklenash Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Newent.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Picklenash Junior School?
- The executive headteacher of Picklenash Junior School is Mrs Michelle Kelly, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Picklenash Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Picklenash Junior 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 many pupils are at Picklenash Junior School?
- Picklenash Junior School has 157 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Picklenash Junior School full?
- Picklenash Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 157 on roll (65%), 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 Picklenash Junior School a faith school?
- No. Picklenash Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Picklenash Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Picklenash Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Picklenash Junior School part of an academy trust?
- Picklenash Junior School is part of the GPP Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Picklenash Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 29% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Picklenash Junior School compare with other schools in Gloucestershire?
- Picklenash Junior School ranked 202nd of 209 primary schools in Gloucestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Picklenash Junior School's absence rate?
- Picklenash Junior School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Picklenash Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Picklenash Junior 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.