Picklenash Junior School

State-Funded School

picklenash-junior-school-gloucestershire-south-west

South WestRegion

GloucestershireLocal Authority

Forest of DeanConstituency

GL18 1BGPostcode

1.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Picklenash Junior School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 7–11, located in Gloucestershire, South West.

It currently serves 157 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 39%
Higher standard: 8%
Reading score: 100
Maths score: 99

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

157

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

England average

27%

First language not English

22%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 7 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 157
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
1 Apr 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
5 Nov 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.