Soudley School
Community primary school in Cinderford (Gloucestershire).
KS2 RWM expected
50%
▼ 12pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
75%
same England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
50%
▼ 24pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
75%
▲ 3pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
93.6%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
19.1
▼ 1.6 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
18.2%
▼ 7pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
57%
44 / 77 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In Gloucestershire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 6.4% | joint 2,815th highest of 16,262 (32 schools have the same figure) | 53rd highest of 241 |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 0.6% | joint 14,695th highest of 16,262 (77 schools have the same figure) | joint 205th highest of 241 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 7.3% | joint 179th highest of 16,268 (3 schools have the same figure) | 4th highest of 241 |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 7.3 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 18.2% | joint 9,190th highest of 16,710 (51 schools have the same figure) | 98th highest of 243 |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 43.2% | joint 223rd highest of 16,706 (5 schools have the same figure) | 8th highest of 243 |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 27.3% | joint 943rd highest of 16,706 (17 schools have the same figure) | 23rd highest of 243 |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 15.9% | joint 181st highest of 16,706 (3 schools have the same figure) | 4th highest of 243 |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 2.9 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 4 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 3.2 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 14.1 | joint 15,310th highest of 16,147 (33 schools have the same figure) | joint 209th highest of 238 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 6.7 | joint 15,584th highest of 16,163 (57 schools have the same figure) | 230th highest of 239 |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 51.6% | 311th highest of 16,165 | 9th highest of 240 |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2023/24 | 20% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2023/24 | 0.2 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | 2024/25 | 50% | joint 11,412th highest of 14,270 (394 schools have the same figure) | joint 156th highest of 209 (7 schools have the same figure) |
| Places | 2023/24 | 77 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 56 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 27.3% | - | - |
| Key stage 2 reading progress | 2022/23 | -3.1 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 writing progress | 2022/23 | -5.8 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 maths progress | 2022/23 | -3.4 | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 20/01/2026 (school year 2025/26): Report card (no overall grade)
- 28/02/2023 (school year 2022/23): Requires improvement
- 15/11/2011 (school year 2011/12): Good
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence6.4% 2024/25
This school
4.5%
2016/17
3.8%
2017/18
4.8%
2018/19
3.9%
2020/21
8%
2021/22
6%
2022/23
4.8%
2023/24
6.4%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence0.6% 2024/25
This school
0.8%
2016/17
0.8%
2017/18
1.3%
2018/19
0.8%
2020/21
0.6%
2021/22
1.1%
2022/23
0.8%
2023/24
0.6%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once7.3% 2024/25
This school
3.9%
2017/18
2.5%
2018/19
2.9%
2019/20
3.3%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
1.6%
2022/23
3.6%
2023/24
7.3%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils7.3 2024/25
This school
9.2
2017/18
2.5
2018/19
4.3
2019/20
3.3
2020/21
0.0
2021/22
1.6
2022/23
5.4
2023/24
7.3
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.00%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.00%
2022/23
0.00%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)18.2% 2025/26
This school
11.6%
2019/20
10%
2020/21
6.8%
2021/22
17.2%
2022/23
19.6%
2023/24
17.1%
2024/25
18.2%
2025/26
Any SEN43.2% 2025/26
This school
20.3%
2019/20
25%
2020/21
23.7%
2021/22
29.7%
2022/23
28.6%
2023/24
39%
2024/25
43.2%
2025/26
SEN support27.3% 2025/26
This school
15.9%
2019/20
21.7%
2020/21
22%
2021/22
23.4%
2022/23
21.4%
2023/24
24.4%
2024/25
27.3%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans15.9% 2025/26
This school
4.3%
2019/20
3.3%
2020/21
1.7%
2021/22
6.2%
2022/23
7.1%
2023/24
14.6%
2024/25
15.9%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)2.9 2024/25
This school
5.8
2017/18
4.8
2018/19
6.0
2019/20
5.0
2020/21
5.0
2021/22
4.3
2022/23
4.4
2023/24
2.9
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)4 2024/25
This school
8
2017/18
7
2018/19
9
2019/20
9
2020/21
7
2021/22
7
2022/23
7
2023/24
4
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)3.2 2024/25
This school
4.4
2017/18
5.0
2018/19
3.2
2019/20
3.1
2020/21
2.4
2021/22
2.9
2022/23
3.3
2023/24
3.2
2024/25
Pupils per teacher14.1 2024/25
This school
13.2
2017/18
16.6
2018/19
11.5
2019/20
12.0
2020/21
11.8
2021/22
14.8
2022/23
12.7
2023/24
14.1
2024/25
Pupils per adult6.7 2024/25
This school
7.5
2017/18
8.1
2018/19
7.5
2019/20
7.4
2020/21
8.0
2021/22
8.9
2022/23
7.2
2023/24
6.7
2024/25
Teacher turnover51.6% 2024/25
This school
12.1%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
31.7%
2019/20
2%
2020/21
38%
2021/22
34.9%
2022/23
76.5%
2023/24
51.6%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence20% 2023/24
This school
83.3%
2015/16
62.5%
2016/17
37.5%
2017/18
87.5%
2018/19
37.5%
2020/21
100%
2021/22
30%
2022/23
20%
2023/24
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)0.2 2023/24
This school
5.8
2015/16
4.0
2016/17
1.6
2017/18
6.0
2018/19
2.3
2020/21
35.5
2021/22
5.0
2022/23
0.2
2023/24
Results
iKey stage 2: pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Key stage 4: Attainment 8 (average points across eight subjects) and Progress 8.Key stage 2 expected standard50% 2024/25
This school
30%
2022/23
50%
2023/24
50%
2024/25
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places77 2023/24
This school
77
2015/16
77
2016/17
77
2017/18
77
2018/19
77
2020/21
77
2021/22
77
2022/23
77
2023/24
Pupils56 2023/24
This school
78
2015/16
73
2016/17
78
2017/18
79
2018/19
63
2020/21
65
2021/22
61
2022/23
56
2023/24
Unfilled places27.3% 2023/24
This school
0%
2015/16
5.2%
2016/17
0%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
18.2%
2020/21
15.6%
2021/22
20.8%
2022/23
27.3%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 4.5% | 3.8% | 4.8% | - | 3.9% | 8% | 6% | 4.8% | 6.4% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.3% | - | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.6% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 1.4% | 3.9% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 0% | 1.6% | 3.6% | 7.3% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 2.7 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 7.3 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 11.6% | 10% | 6.8% | 17.2% | 19.6% | 17.1% | 18.2% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 20.3% | 25% | 23.7% | 29.7% | 28.6% | 39% | 43.2% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 15.9% | 21.7% | 22% | 23.4% | 21.4% | 24.4% | 27.3% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 4.3% | 3.3% | 1.7% | 6.2% | 7.1% | 14.6% | 15.9% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 2.9 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 16.9 | 14.5 | 13.2 | 16.6 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 14.8 | 12.7 | 14.1 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 9.1 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 6.7 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 26.8% | 0% | 13.7% | 12.1% | 0% | 31.7% | 2% | 38% | 34.9% | 76.5% | 51.6% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 71.4% | 83.3% | 62.5% | 37.5% | 87.5% | - | 37.5% | 100% | 30% | 20% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 8.3 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 6.0 | - | 2.3 | 35.5 | 5.0 | 0.2 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30% | 50% | 50% | - |
| Places | 77 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 77 | - | 77 | 77 | 77 | 77 | - | - |
| Pupils | 75 | 78 | 73 | 78 | 79 | - | 63 | 65 | 61 | 56 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2.6% | 0% | 5.2% | 0% | 0% | - | 18.2% | 15.6% | 20.8% | 27.3% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded primary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 6.4% | 2024/25 | Higher than 83% of schools | 15,967 |
| Unauthorised absence | 0.6% | 2024/25 | Higher than 9% of schools | 15,967 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 7.3% | 2024/25 | Higher than 99% of schools | 15,971 |
| Pupils per teacher | 19.1 | 2025/26 | Higher than 29% of schools | 16,358 |
| Pupils per adult | 7.9 | 2025/26 | Higher than 9% of schools | 16,358 |
| Teacher turnover | 51.6% | 2024/25 | Higher than 98% of schools | 15,868 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 18.2% | 2025/26 | Higher than 45% of schools | 16,436 |
| Special educational needs | 43.2% | 2025/26 | Higher than 99% of schools | 16,436 |
| Education, health and care plans | 15.9% | 2025/26 | Higher than 99% of schools | 16,436 |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 2025/26 | Higher than 0% of schools | 16,436 |
| Pupils on roll | 44 | year not recorded | Higher than 2% of schools | 16,437 |
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