Academy sponsor led · Gloucestershire

Lift Callowell

4–11Ages
134Pupils
PrimaryPhase
150052URN

Barrowfield Road, Farmhill, Stroud, GL5 4DG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.9per place

0.5 below Gloucestershire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

27 applications for 14 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

57%met the expected standard

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 14 July 2026Published 21 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

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

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

14 July 2026
Report card · 7 Expected standard
11 October 2022
Graded inspection: Inadequate · as Callowell Primary School, URN 115570

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

1.9applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Gloucestershire median (2.5) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

27 applications · 14 places offered · 13 named it first

2026 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2025 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
2024 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
2023 2.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.4; as the previous school
2022 1.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.3; as the previous school
2021 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.2; as the previous school
2020 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.2; as the previous school
2019 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1; as the previous school
2018 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.3; as the previous school
2017 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.2; as the previous school
2016 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.5; as the previous school
2015 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.4; as the previous school
2014 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.3; as the previous school

This school
Gloucestershire median

Dashed bars: as Callowell Primary School (URN 115570), 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	14	27	1.9	13	0.93
Sep 2025	17	30	1.8	17	1.00
Sep 2024	14	24	1.7	14	1.00
Sep 2023 *	8	19	2.4	8	1.00
Sep 2022 *	16	22	1.4	10	0.63
Sep 2021 *	15	30	2.0	14	0.93
Sep 2020 *	16	27	1.7	16	1.00
Sep 2019 *	25	41	1.6	21	0.84
Sep 2018 *	23	44	1.9	22	0.96
Sep 2017 *	23	42	1.8	21	0.91
Sep 2016 *	26	46	1.8	24	0.92
Sep 2015 *	25	48	1.9	24	0.96
Sep 2014 *	30	45	1.5	25	0.83

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 86% · Writing 71% · Maths 79% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard57%130th of 208 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard86%

Gloucestershire 80% England 78%

Higher standard36%

Gloucestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard71%

Gloucestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Gloucestershire 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard79%

Gloucestershire 77% England 77%

Higher standard21%

Gloucestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (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	57%	0%	106	105
2023/24	56%	7%	104	103
2022/23

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

Lift CallowellThis school
This school

Special measures 2026

1.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Whiteshill Primary School
1.0 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2024

2.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
The Rosary Catholic Primary School
1.0 km · Gloucestershire

Good2024

2.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Cashes Green Primary School
1.2 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Randwick Church of England Primary School
1.3 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.4applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Rodborough Community Primary School
1.4 km · Gloucestershire

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
1.4 km · Gloucestershire

Good2023

2.8applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Uplands Community Primary School
1.4 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Stroud Valley Community Primary School
1.7 km · Gloucestershire

Good2022

2.2applications per place 77%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 150052 · 916/2129
Trust: Lift Schools
Capacity: 210 pupils · 134 on roll
Free school meals: 25.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2023
Replaced: Callowell Primary School (URN 115570)
Address: Barrowfield Road, Farmhill, Stroud, GL5 4DG
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Stroud

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources