Academy sponsor led · Gloucestershire

Bream Church of England Primary School

4–11Ages
186Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
148230URN

High Street, Bream, Lydney, GL15 6JW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.2per place

1.3 below Gloucestershire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

31 applications for 26 places · 145th of 148 in Gloucestershire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

41%met the expected standard

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

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

1.2applications per place, Reception

1.3 below Gloucestershire median (2.5) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

31 applications · 26 places offered · 23 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 1.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2025 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2024 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
2023 1.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
2022 1.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
2021 1.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2020 1.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.2; as the previous school
2019 1.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.1; as the previous school
2018 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.3; as the previous school
2017 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.2; as the previous school
2016 1.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.5; as the previous school
2015 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.4; as the previous school
2014 1.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.3; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 0 of 6 years.

This school
Gloucestershire median

Dashed bars: as Bream Church of England Primary School (URN 115659), the previous school.

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	26	31	1.2	23	0.88
Sep 2025	23	43	1.9	23	1.00
Sep 2024	21	29	1.4	18	0.86
Sep 2023	28	29	1.0	19	0.68
Sep 2022	25	26	1.0	15	0.60
Sep 2021	21	26	1.2	20	0.95
Sep 2020 *	28	28	1.0	23	0.82
Sep 2019 *	21	25	1.2	19	0.90
Sep 2018 *	14	19	1.4	13	0.93
Sep 2017 *	25	27	1.1	18	0.72
Sep 2016 *	22	27	1.2	18	0.82
Sep 2015 *	29	42	1.5	28	0.97
Sep 2014 *	29	32	1.1	27	0.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 53% · Writing 71% · Maths 65% → all three 41% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard41%183rd of 208 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard53%

Gloucestershire 80% England 78%

Higher standard29%

Gloucestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard71%

Gloucestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Gloucestershire 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard65%

Gloucestershire 77% England 77%

Higher standard12%

Gloucestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	41%	0%	102	102
2023/24	40%	5%	101	102
2022/23	42%	4%	104	99

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

Bream Church of England Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.2applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Pillowell Community Primary School
2.1 km · Gloucestershire

2026

2.5applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Parkend Primary School
2.6 km · Gloucestershire

Good2024

5.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Ellwood Primary School
2.7 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Yorkley Primary School
3.3 km · Gloucestershire

Good2022

2.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy
3.7 km · Gloucestershire

2025

2.5applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
Lydney Church of England Community School
3.8 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

2.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Clearwell Church of England Primary School
3.9 km · Gloucestershire

Some aspects not as strong2024

11.0applications per place
Aylburton Church of England Primary School
4.2 km · Gloucestershire

2026

3.1applications per place 83%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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 148230 · 916/2104
Trust: Severn Federation Academy Trust
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 210 pupils · 186 on roll
Free school meals: 35.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 February 2021
Replaced: Bream Church of England Primary School (URN 115659)
Address: High Street, Bream, Lydney, GL15 6JW
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Forest of Dean

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