Sharpness Primary School, Berkeley

Ofsted's report card from its 27 January 2026 inspection grades Sharpness Primary School on 7 areas: 2 expected standard and 5 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance is a top priority."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal development programme helps pupils grow into confident and responsible young people."

Achievement - Needs attention. "A considerable proportion of pupils have not secured the basic writing skills expected for their age."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The curriculum is not taught consistently well across the school."

Early years - Needs attention. "Some children, particularly those who need more help to develop their communication and language skills, do not consistently receive timely support."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders do not check the impact of additional support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) with enough rigour."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "The changes that leaders have introduced to improve pupils' experiences of school have not been in place for long enough to have had an impact."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen the consistency of teaching so that pupils secure the intended knowledge across subjects and produce high-quality work"; "Leaders should improve pupils' writing across the school so that more pupils secure their basic skills in spelling, sentence construction, handwriting and presentation from the early years to Year 6"; "Leaders should strengthen their oversight of the impact of additional support, especially for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), so that provision is well matched to pupils' needs and improves achievement from the early years onwards"; "Leaders should continue to improve attendance by rigorously addressing the persistent absence of a minority of pupils"; "Governors should increase the depth of challenge about the effectiveness of the curriculum, particularly for vulnerable pupils and those with SEND, so that leaders are held fully to account for improving outcomes across the school".

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at Sharpness Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 75% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 75% in Gloucestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 92% in reading and 92% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Sharpness Primary School as their first choice and 35 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Sharpness Primary School are Lift Berkeley (1.5 miles, Good, 67% reading, 57% maths); Severnbanks Primary School (2.2 miles, Good, 81% reading, 81% maths); Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy (2.9 miles, Good, 90% reading, 100% maths); and Lydney Church of England Community School (3 miles, 74% reading, 81% maths).

Sharpness Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

19 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Sharpness Primary School (as of April 2026): 95% would recommend the school and 95% say their child is happy there.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (95%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (68%).

14.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 11 pupils (9.6%) received SEN support and 7 (6.1%) 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 moderate learning difficulty.

Sharpness Primary School had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Lydney Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is County Primary (near), 40 metres away.

In 2024/25, Sharpness Primary School issued 8 suspensions, 7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.