Charborough Road Primary School

About Charborough Road Primary School

Charborough Road Primary School is a state-funded mixed primary in South Gloucestershire, currently home to 253 pupils against a capacity of 271, meaning it operates with a small amount of spare space. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals sits at 14.6%, a figure that gives a sense of the school’s intake in the local context. Demand for places is notably strong: for the 2025/26 admission round, the school received 73 applications for 30 places, an oversubscription ratio of 2.43. Of those, 43 families put it as their first preference, and 29 first-preference offers were made, suggesting that while the school is popular, not every family who wants a place gets one. The school has a nursery provision, so children can join from age three, and it serves the full primary age range up to 11. Matt Lankester is the headteacher, and the school has no religious character.

Academically, Charborough Road performs around the middle of the pack. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is just above the local authority average of 61%. The school ranks 35th out of 69 primary schools in South Gloucestershire on this measure, placing it in the top 50% locally. Looking at individual subjects, 73% met the expected standard in both reading and writing, and 70% in maths. Higher standard attainment is more modest: 13% achieved the higher standard across all three subjects, with reading and maths average scores both at 106. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in May 2023, confirmed it remains Good, a rating it has held since at least its previous graded inspection in 2017, where leadership, early years provision and overall effectiveness were all judged Good.

The school offers a practical range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, ICT suite, music rooms, a sensory room and a forest school, which supports outdoor learning. Sports provision covers cross country, dance, football, cricket and tennis, while clubs include film, drama, choir, science and chess. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists a broad set of SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder, as well as a resourced provision. With an oversubscribed intake and a solid but not exceptional academic profile, Charborough Road is likely to suit families who value a well-equipped primary with strong SEND support and a good range of extracurricular activities, but who are not necessarily prioritising top-tier academic outcomes.

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