Sharpness Primary School, Berkeley
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Sharpness Primary is a warm, caring school where your child will feel valued and safe. The school excels at building positive relationships, teaching phonics effectively, and ensuring most pupils achieve well in reading and maths by Year 6. Your child will benefit from a broad range of clubs, sports and enrichment activities alongside a curriculum that promotes kindness, respect and personal wellbeing.
Key Strengths
- Warm, nurturing culture where pupils feel safe, listened to and well cared for
- Strong phonics teaching and good achievement in reading and mathematics by end of Year 6
- Effective behaviour management and well-behaved pupils across the school
- Wide range of enrichment activities and clubs that build pupil confidence
- Inclusive approach with dedicated staff support for pupils with complex needs
Areas for Improvement
- Many pupils have not secured basic writing skills - spelling, sentence construction and handwriting need significant improvement
- Curriculum not taught consistently across the school and expectations sometimes too low
- Leaders do not rigorously check whether additional support for pupils with SEND is actually improving their learning
- Some pupils with communication and language needs in early years do not receive timely support
- Governors need to challenge leaders more robustly about curriculum effectiveness
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has an open and positive culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Anti-bullying week, road safety week, Remembrance activities, clubs, sports, music lessons (trumpet), cross-country events, on-site swimming, residential visits
Sharpness Primary School is a friendly, welcoming community where pupils feel safe and valued. However, the school needs to improve writing skills, curriculum consistency, and how it tracks progress for pupils with SEND.
At a Glance
14.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 92% to 80%. Maths has declined from 92% to 75%. Writing has declined from 83% to 65%.
Class Sizes
33.0
Avg class size
2
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
81%
Available places
114 pupils
140 capacity
26 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Berkeley
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Berkeley
Admissions Demand - Gloucestershire
Places available
7,383
Applications
5,834
Got 1st preference
91.9%
Got preferred school
98.5%
Primary admissions across Gloucestershire (2025/26)
Inspection History(12)
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SEN Provision
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.10614%
Overall absence
21.21212%
Persistent absence
99
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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