Gloucester Road Primary SchoolGardners Lane Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Cheltenham.

Summary of the comparison

Gloucester Road Primary School and Gardners Lane Primary School are primary schools in Cheltenham.

  • Gloucester Road Primary School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Gardners Lane Primary School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average). Gardners Lane Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Gloucester Road Primary School was judged Outstanding and Gardners Lane Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 38.0% for Gloucester Road Primary School and 50.0% for Gardners Lane Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Gloucester Road Primary School (71.0% in 2022-23, 38.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Gardners Lane Primary School (77.0% in 2022-23, 50.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Gloucester Road Primary School versus Gardners Lane Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CheltenhamGloucester Road Primary SchoolCheltenhamGardners Lane Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC60/100C67/100Stronger figure
Local ranking88th of 239 in Gloucestershire 50th of 239 in Gloucestershire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Foundation school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll206 278
Capacity210 420
LocationCheltenham, GL51 8PB Cheltenham, GL51 9JW
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard38.0% 50.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard3.0% 10.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure102.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 101.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census206 278
Free school meals (ever 6)25.2% 38.9%
English as an additional language40.3% 34.2%
SEN support33.5% 20.1%
SEN with an EHC plan6.8% 4.0%
Attendance
Overall absence4.8% Stronger figure7.8% 6.2%
Persistent absence9.1% Stronger figure25.1% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Gloucester Road Primary School

Gardners Lane Primary School

Full profiles: Gloucester Road Primary School · Gardners Lane Primary School