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Cam Everlands Primary School, Dursley

Good
Primary
Community school
Mixed
Ages 4–11

Cam Everlands Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Dursley. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in January 2016. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in April 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 5th-highest of the 6 schools in Dursley with published results, and 11,173rd of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.3 first-choice applications for every place. It was full in 2025, at 101% of capacity.

SATs results
Below England average
Ofsted
Good (2016)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
Below England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Gloucestershire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 1 Nov 2026

Cam Everlands Primary School in detail

Cam Everlands Primary School in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our wonderful and vibrant school is situated on Birch Road close to the centre of Cam. The amazing children of our school are at the heart of everything we do and we aim to create an environment which is a nurturing, supportive and safe place for all children to flourish and thrive."

Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 25 November 2026 at 6pm and an open evening on Tuesday 8 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

All school open days in Gloucestershire

Headteacher's welcome (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils at Cam Everlands Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 75% in Gloucestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (63% in reading, 77% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Getting a place at Cam Everlands Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put Cam Everlands Primary School as their first choice and 96 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Cam Everlands Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Cam Everlands Primary School are Cam Hopton Church of England Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 70% reading, 70% maths); Cam Woodfield Infant School (0.8 miles, Good); Lift Cam Woodfield Junior (0.8 miles, Good, 57% reading, 52% maths); and Dursley Church of England Primary Academy (1.5 miles, Good, 70% reading, 70% maths).

Cam Everlands Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Cam Hopton Church of England Primary SchoolCam Woodfield Infant SchoolLift Cam Woodfield JuniorDursley Church of England Primary Academy

What parents say

78 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Cam Everlands Primary School (as of September 2025): 95% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 79% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (79%).

Who goes there

4.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (90%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 33 pupils (15.9%) received SEN support and 16 (7.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Staffing

Cam Everlands Primary School had 18 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Cam & Dursley Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Everlands School (after), 70 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cam Everlands Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Cam Everlands Primary School issued 13 suspensions, 6.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Likely (~663m)Possible (~947m)Unlikely (~1.2km)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Dominic Knill
Pupils:208
LA:Gloucestershire
Phone:01453545452
Address:Birch Road, Cam, Dursley, GL11 5SF
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago

This judgement is from January 2016, 10 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

-

Overall

Latest (ungraded) inspection: Some aspects are not as strong as at the last graded inspection.

Inspected 8 April 2025View full report
URN:115578
UKPRN:10080662
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Stroud
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's April 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Cam Everlands excels at teaching reading, with skilled staff who quickly support struggling readers and carefully match books to pupils' phonics knowledge. The school provides exceptional pastoral care and a warm, nurturing environment where staff genuinely care about every child. Pupils benefit from a wealth of enrichment activities including sports, music, debating and leadership roles that build confidence and develop their talents and interests.

Key Strengths

  • Excellent reading teaching with skilled staff who quickly identify and support pupils falling behind
  • Strong early years provision that develops communication, language and early learning skills
  • Ambitious and exciting curriculum with high-quality pastoral support for pupils and families
  • Plentiful enrichment opportunities including sports, music, debating and leadership roles
  • Positive behaviour and pupils' strong sense of kindness, respect and empathy

Areas for Improvement

  • Some pupils are not remembering key knowledge they have been taught, which slows their progress and hampers depth of learning
  • Too many pupils do not attend school regularly, causing them to miss out on education and build knowledge gaps
  • Checks on what pupils know and remember need to be implemented more consistently across all subjects
  • Spelling and grammar improvements in lessons are not always reflected in pupils' written work
  • Governor recruitment challenges mean new governors lack time to fully assure themselves of school's impact

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with the school creating an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.

Extracurricular Activities

Cross-country, Young Voices, gardening, athletics, hockey, netball, brass and woodwind instruments, debating club, house captains, school councillors, reading ambassadors, lunchtime activity clubs

Cam Everlands Primary School is an ambitious school where staff are committed to pupils' success and well-being, guided by the mantra 'believe, achieve and celebrate'. However, evidence suggests some aspects of the school's work may not be as strong as at the previous inspection, with concerns about knowledge retention and pupil attendance.

At a Glance

27.9%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

78 responses
Would recommend95%
Child is happy100%
Child does well97%
High expectations92%
Feels safe99%
Well behaved91%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)79%
Kept informed96%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)88%
Wider development89%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+3ppMaths-8ppWriting-2pp

Reading has remained stable at around 66% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 77% to 69% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 68% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

30.0

Avg class size

30.0

Infant (KS1)

30.0

KS2

4

Total classes

1 class with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Cam Everlands Primary School.

  • Atlas Camps CamAt the school · Not yet graded

Nurseries

Atlas Camps Cam is at Cam Everlands Primary School.

The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Cam Everlands Primary School, with their latest published grades:

  • PATA @ Funbusters - Pre-school, under 0.1 miles
    Ofsted, 13 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hopton School House CIO - Pre-school, 0.3 miles
    Ofsted, 4 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Co-Operative Childcare Cam - Day nursery, 0.6 miles
  • Upper Knapp Farm (Cam) Nursery - Day nursery, 0.7 miles
  • The Woodfield Nest Pre-school and Out of School Club - Day nursery, 0.8 miles
    Ofsted, 16 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Term dates

Cam Everlands Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Gloucestershire. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.

2026 to 2027

  • Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
  • Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
  • Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)

Source: Gloucestershire term dates

Getting There

Bus Stops

Everlands School (after)
72m · 1 min walk
Ryder Close (nr)
100m · 2 min walk
Demand Responsive Area (DRT)
152m · 2 min walk
Acacia Drive (before)
277m · 5 min walk
Hopton Green (nr)
281m · 5 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
2
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.

The typical figure for schools in Gloucestershire is 5 (the median across 338 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Cam Everlands Primary School

Will you get a place at Cam Everlands Primary School?

For 2026 entry it had 38 first choices for 30 places. The report sets your home postcode against these figures.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

101%

Over capacity

211 pupils

210 places

1 pupil over capacity in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Across Gloucestershire council

Low demand council-wide0.83 applications per place

Places available

7,250

Applications

6,016

Got 1st preference

91.6%

Got preferred school

98.1%

All primary applications across Gloucestershire council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Future places in the local planning area

DfE estimates the Dursley Primary planning area (Gloucestershire) will have 242 spare primary places in 2027/28.

Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics

Inspection History(11)

8 April 2025

Ungraded inspection: Some aspects are not as strong as at the last graded inspection.

4 March 2020
13 January 2016
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

33

SEN Support

16

EHC Plans

23.6%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Specific Learning Difficulty31
Social, Emotional & Mental Health7
Speech, Language & Communication7
Moderate Learning Difficulty2
Visual Impairment1
Autistic Spectrum Disorder1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
89.9%
Mixed
5.8%
Unclassified
0.5%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals27.9%
English as Additional Language4.8%

208

Total Pupils

100

Boys

108

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

18

Teachers

11.6:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£45,734

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,462

Per pupil

£1286k

Total funding

£83k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£102,962
EAL funding£4,903
Lump sum£146,053

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

6.5%

Overall absence

18.1%

Persistent absence

182

Enrolments

Authorised4.6%
Unauthorised1.9%
Persistent (10%+)18.1%
Severe (50%+)1.6%

Absence trend

4.1%
18/19
4.5%
20/21
7.6%
21/22
6.9%
22/23
6.6%
23/24
6.5%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Cam Everlands Primary School

What are SATs results like at Cam Everlands Primary School?

Of the pupils at Cam Everlands Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 66% reached the expected standard in reading and 69% did so in maths.

What is Cam Everlands Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Cam Everlands Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in April 2025, was ungraded. At its last graded inspection, in January 2016, it was rated Good.

Is it hard to get a place at Cam Everlands Primary School?

Cam Everlands Primary School was full in 2025, at 100% of its 210 places.

How big are the classes at Cam Everlands Primary School?

Classes at Cam Everlands Primary School average 30 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils.

How many pupils go to Cam Everlands Primary School?

Cam Everlands Primary School has around 208 pupils on roll. 28% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Cam Everlands Primary School?

6.5% of sessions were missed at Cam Everlands Primary School in 2024/25. 18.1% of pupils were persistently absent.

Does Cam Everlands Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Atlas Camps Cam (registered, not yet graded).

What are Cam Everlands Primary School's term dates?

Cam Everlands Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Gloucestershire. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027).

How many road collisions happen near Cam Everlands Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. The typical figure for schools in Gloucestershire is 5 (the median across 338 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Cam Everlands Primary School?

Cam Everlands Primary School is at Birch Road, Cam, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 5SF.

Sources: Gloucestershire term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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