Community school · Gloucestershire

Beech Green Primary School

4–11Ages
320Pupils
PrimaryPhase
115600URN

St James, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 4WD · 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

3.3per place

0.8 above Gloucestershire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

95 applications for 29 places · 18th of 148 in Gloucestershire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

59%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 · 16 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	Good

Inspection history

16 July 2024
Graded inspection: Requires improvement
20 April 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

3.3applications per place, Reception

0.8 above Gloucestershire median (2.5) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

95 applications · 29 places offered · 28 named it first

2026 3.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2025 3.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2024 3.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
2023 3.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2022 3.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2021 4.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2020 2.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2019 3.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2018 3.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2017 3.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2016 3.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2015 3.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2014 3.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.3

More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 13 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	29	95	3.3	28	0.97
Sep 2025	32	98	3.1	31	0.97
Sep 2024	47	163	3.5	43	0.91
Sep 2023	43	157	3.7	37	0.86
Sep 2022	51	157	3.1	46	0.90
Sep 2021	37	147	4.0	34	0.92
Sep 2020	60	162	2.7	46	0.77
Sep 2019	60	183	3.1	58	0.97
Sep 2018	60	208	3.5	74	1.23
Sep 2017	60	224	3.7	74	1.23
Sep 2016	60	218	3.6	69	1.15
Sep 2015	60	210	3.5	60	1.00
Sep 2014	60	200	3.3	69	1.15

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 76% · Writing 63% · Maths 86% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%123rd of 208 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard76%

Gloucestershire 80% England 78%

Higher standard37%

Gloucestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard63%

Gloucestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth5%

Gloucestershire 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard86%

Gloucestershire 77% England 77%

Higher standard34%

Gloucestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Gloucestershire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	59%	5%	107	107
2023/24	38%	2%	104	102
2022/23	41%	5%	103	102

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

Beech Green Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

3.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Field Court Church of England Infant Academy
0.5 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

2.4applications per place
Field Court Junior School
0.5 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

71%met the SATs standard
Meadowside Primary School
0.6 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.9applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Clearwater Church of England Primary Academy
0.7 km · Gloucestershire

2026

2.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Kingsway Primary School
1.1 km · Gloucestershire

2026

1.9applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Harewood Infant School
1.4 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2024

1.5applications per place
Harewood Junior School
1.4 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2024

81%met the SATs standard
Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy
1.4 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

2.5applications per place 62%met the SATs standard

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

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 115600 · 916/2171
Capacity: 420 pupils · 320 on roll
Free school meals: 16.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: St James, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 4WD
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Gloucester

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