Barley Close Community Primary School
About the school
Barley Close Community Primary School is an open primary school in South Gloucestershire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 14 May 2024
- Published
- 17 June 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 47%
- South Gloucestershire
- 64%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- South Gloucestershire
- 5%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 50%
- South Gloucestershire
- 76%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 60%
- South Gloucestershire
- 74%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 63%
- South Gloucestershire
- 76%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 53%
- South Gloucestershire
- 72%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 13%
- South Gloucestershire
- 29%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 77%
- South Gloucestershire
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 101
- South Gloucestershire
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 101
- South Gloucestershire
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 101
- South Gloucestershire
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
236
Girls
42.37%
Boys
57.63%
SEN support
9.32%
Education, health and care plan
5.51%
English as an additional language
23.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
27.54%
Overall absence
6.73
Persistent absence
20