Tirlebrook Primary School, Tewkesbury

Ofsted's report card from its 10 June 2026 inspection grades Tirlebrook Primary School on 7 areas: 1 expected standard and 6 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Over time, pupils have not achieved as well as they could."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Leaders are midway through their work to promote a culture of high expectations of behaviour."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The curriculum is generally well sequenced."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders and governors are working at pace to improve inclusion practices."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Over time, leaders and governors have not ensured that the school has prepared pupils for their next stage of education well enough."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "Leaders' work to improve the school's personal development programme is well underway."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils' attainment in reading, writing and mathematics continues to rise so that pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged, are well prepared for their next stage of education"; "Leaders should ensure that all staff have expert subject knowledge in the subjects and phases they teach"; "Leaders should ensure that staff use assessment information astutely, design activities that build pupils' knowledge and deepen pupils' understanding of complex concepts as soon as they are ready"; "Leaders and governors need to ensure that there is stringent oversight of all aspects of the school's work and ensure that communication with parents and carers is consistently effective"; "Leaders should ensure that staff implement the school's behaviour policies consistently well and all pupils gain the resilience they need to thrive academically and personally".

In its own words: "Tirlebrook Primary School opened in 1971 and is situated in a residential area on the outskirts of Tewkesbury. The school is set in beautiful grounds with three playgrounds, a large playing field, a tyre park, an outdoor gym and an allotment area. A 'Woodland Workshop' forest area has also been nurtured for children to enjoy."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at Tirlebrook Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 60% 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 (71% in reading, 71% in maths).

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

For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Tirlebrook Primary School as their first choice and 59 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 Tirlebrook Primary School are Mitton Manor Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 83% reading, 73% maths); Tewkesbury Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 78% reading, 75% maths); Northway Infant School (1.1 miles); and The John Moore Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 83% reading, 90% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Tirlebrook Primary School.

14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 1.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 35 pupils (18.1%) received SEN support and 13 (6.7%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Elmbury Drive (after), 170 metres away.

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

In 2024/25, Tirlebrook Primary School issued 25 suspensions, 12.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.