Rowanfield Junior School
Primary schoolRowanfield Junior School is a primary school in Cheltenham, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 345 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, April 2025
Before that: Good (overall), March 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 3 March 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 9 April 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 67% of pupils at Rowanfield Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Gloucestershire and 62% in England.
4% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Rowanfield Infant SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met120 m
- Hesters Way Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
- Gloucester Road Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
- Pate's Grammar SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 82.4 (2025/26, provisional)930 m
- Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), December 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- All Saints' Academy, CheltenhamSecondary. Some aspects not as strong, December 2024. Attainment 8 of 37.7 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cheltenham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).