Community school · Gloucestershire

Blakeney Primary School

4–11Ages
75Pupils
PrimaryPhase
115502URN

High Street, Blakeney, GL15 4EB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

0.9 below Gloucestershire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

17 applications for 11 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

17%met the expected standard

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 2 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision		Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.6applications per place, Reception

0.9 below Gloucestershire median (2.5) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

17 applications · 11 places offered · 10 named it first

2026 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2025 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2024 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
2023 2.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2022 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2021 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2020 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2019 1.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2018 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2017 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2016 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2015 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2014 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.3

More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Gloucestershire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	11	17	1.6	10	0.91
Sep 2025	8	14	1.8	7	0.88
Sep 2024	10	23	2.3	10	1.00
Sep 2023	10	21	2.1	9	0.90
Sep 2022	15	25	1.7	16	1.07
Sep 2021	9	15	1.7	8	0.89
Sep 2020	19	31	1.6	20	1.05
Sep 2019	16	21	1.3	17	1.06
Sep 2018	12	18	1.5	12	1.00
Sep 2017	9	16	1.8	8	0.89
Sep 2016	18	34	1.9	19	1.06
Sep 2015	13	21	1.6	13	1.00
Sep 2014	12	21	1.8	13	1.08

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 50% · Writing 42% · Maths 25% → all three 17% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard17%206th of 208 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard50%

Gloucestershire 80% England 78%

Higher standard8%

Gloucestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard42%

Gloucestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Gloucestershire 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard25%

Gloucestershire 77% England 77%

Higher standard8%

Gloucestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 97 (100 = expected standard)

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Gloucestershire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	17%	0%	100	97
2023/24	54%	0%	104	103
2022/23	67%	0%	105	104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Blakeney Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

1.6applications per place 17%met the SATs standard
Yorkley Primary School
3.3 km · Gloucestershire

Good2022

2.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Soudley School
3.8 km · Gloucestershire

2026

1.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy
4.1 km · Gloucestershire

2025

2.5applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
Pillowell Community Primary School
4.4 km · Gloucestershire

2026

2.5applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Severnbanks Primary School
4.5 km · Gloucestershire

2026

1.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Parkend Primary School
4.9 km · Gloucestershire

Good2024

5.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Sharpness Primary School
5.2 km · Gloucestershire

2026

1.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Lydney Church of England Community School
5.2 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

2.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 115502 · 916/2042
Capacity: 84 pupils · 75 on roll
Free school meals: 12.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: High Street, Blakeney, GL15 4EB
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Forest of Dean

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources