Gastrells Community Primary School, Stroud

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include sewing and forest school.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £5.50 per session.

Coming up: an open day on Friday 6 November 2026 and an open day on Friday 18 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at Gastrells Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 63% 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 (65% in reading, 65% in maths).

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

For September 2026 entry, 15 families put Gastrells Community Primary School as their first choice and 40 named it as one of their preferences, for 15 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Gastrells Community Primary School are Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 95% reading, 86% maths); Rodborough Community Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 81% reading, 74% maths); Stroud Valley Community Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 83% reading, 86% maths); and The Rosary Catholic Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 80% reading, 67% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Gastrells Community Primary School.

73 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Gastrells Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 81% would recommend the school, 85% say their child is happy there and 55% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school supports their child's wider development (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (55%).

5.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 1.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (86%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 29 pupils (16.9%) received SEN support and 21 (12.2%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Gastrells Community Primary School has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs and moderate learning difficulties: 10 places, 6 pupils on roll.

Gastrells Community Primary School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Stroud (Glos) Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bowl Hill (opposite), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Gastrells Community Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Gastrells Community Primary School issued 4 suspensions, 2.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Gastrells Community Primary School are Marling School (1.1 miles), Stroud High School (1.1 miles) and Archway School (1.5 miles).