School Chooser

Cam Everlands Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncil208 pupilsDursleyGloucestershire
School Chooser Score
20
Below
similar schools
Likely range 8 to 46, so it could be “well below”
Out of 100. Better than 31% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
Reached the expected level at 1161%England 63%
Attendance93.5%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families28%About the same as most schools in England
Places2 spare208 pupils, 210 places
Pupils per teacher17.6School workforce census
Pupils on roll208Census January 2026

Cam Everlands Primary School is a council school in Dursley for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 208 pupils and room for 210. About 28 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 20 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 31% of the 50 schools most like it.

Birch Road, Cam, Dursley, GL11 5SF01453 545452cameverlands.org.ukMr Dominic Knill headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

29 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1161%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level0%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score103.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score103.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 54%54%20172018: 62%62%20182019: 66%66%20192023: 53%53%20232024: 53%53%20242025: 61%61%2025
Since 2017: +7%Declining overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017GloucestershireEngland
Pupils tested293030322628
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths61%53%53%66%62%54%62%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths0%7%7%3%0%0%10%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score103.0103.0105.0103.0103.0102.0106.3105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score103.0104.0105.0105.0105.0104.0104.4104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score102.0102.0104.0104.0105.0104.0105.3105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard66%63%70%75%73%61%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard69%77%73%84%85%75%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)68%70%80%75%85%71%
Reading progressReading progress score+0.0+2.3-1.3-0.8
Maths progressMaths progress score+0.3+2.7+1.6+1.2
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged33%55%54%63%43%33%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged81%53%53%67%68%63%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 3 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
33%81%
Gap 48 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
64%59%
Gap 5 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%0%
No gapEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Full211 pupils for 210 places, 2024/25
101% full

The school is full, with 1 more pupils than it has places for. More families apply than can get in, so things like how close you live and whether an older brother or sister is already here decide who gets a place. Pupil numbers have grown by 3% since 2021/22, so places are getting harder to come by.

Will my child get a place?

The last child to get a place lived 900 m away in 2026, 1.3 miles away in 2024, 920 m away in 2023. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils, faith and other priority groups are placed first. After that, the closer you live, the better your chances. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2026. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 900 m from the school. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.

EntryPlacesPut it firstApplied at allGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary30389730900 mLA
2025 Primary30238829all offeredLA
2024 Primary302685301.3 milesLA
2023 Primary304110630920 mLA
2022 Primary30519630470 mLA

The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.

What a home within 1.0 miles of the school costs

Typical sale price within 1.0 miles of the school£300,000half sold for £240k to £383k
Homes sold347December 2023 to December 2025, Land Registry
Compared with the district-10%a typical home in the district sells for £335,000

Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll208Census January 2026
Places21099% full
Pupils from low-income families28%28% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English5%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support16%33 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan8%16 pupils with a plan
Average class size30.04 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils25%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)20%£65,100 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls100 / 108
White British pupils90%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 30.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 30.0 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Specific learning difficulty (31), emotional and mental health (7), language and communications needs (7), Moderate learning difficulty (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Vision impairment (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll208208210211204208
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals28%26%30%30%27%26%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5%5%4%4%5%4%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support12%7%11%14%10%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans6%5%4%3%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance93.5%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school18.1%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils6.32024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.9%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence6.5%6.6%6.9%7.6%4.5%4.1%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence4.6%5.1%5.3%6.5%4.1%3.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.9%1.5%1.7%1.1%0.4%0.9%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence18.1%19.9%18.5%24.0%12.4%6.6%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate6.35.73.32.91.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers11.9full-time equivalent, 18 people
Pupils per teacher17.6Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers94%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants8.9full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£45,734
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher0.62024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£7,545England £7,738. Total £1.6m
Income per pupil£7,086England £7,697. Total £1.5m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,084England £3,480
Money in reserve8%A healthy amount put by: £123k, £589 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£95kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£7,545spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m5712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate27 per 1,000 people70% lower than the England average
Typical house price£335,000Stroud
Nearest bus stop70 mEverlands School, 24 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Cam Hopton Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England230 m208Not inspected48Compare
Cam Woodfield Junior SchoolAcademy0.8 miles192Good 202212Compare
Cam Woodfield Infant SchoolCouncil0.8 miles136No overall grade 202520Compare
Dursley Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy1.5 miles241No overall grade 202517Compare
Coaley Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy1.7 miles86Good 202252Compare
Slimbridge Primary SchoolCouncil2.1 miles167Good 202351Compare
North Nibley CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England2.4 miles106Good 202363Compare
Uley Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England2.5 miles103Good 202355Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Cam Everlands Primary School with the 48 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 48 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats31%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the lower half of its group. Its score of 20 is 19 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 39 · highest 94100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 48 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Cam Everlands Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Cashes Green Primary SchoolCouncil6.1 miles212Good 202334Compare
Shurdington Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England15.4 miles207No overall grade 202470Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 20 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 20% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 8 to 46. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%below
-0.14
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 29 pupils
Ofsted inspection0%no data
Progress pupils make20%in line
-0.06
DfE progress measure; 29 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%below
-0.07
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%below
-0.09
2024/25; 182 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%below
-0.05
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 29 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Cam Everlands Primary School a good school?

The figures are weak. Cam Everlands Primary School scores 20 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 31% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 8 to 46, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

How good are Cam Everlands Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 61% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 0% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Cam Everlands Primary School have?

208 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 210 places, so it is 99% full.

Is Cam Everlands Primary School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?

Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 900 m away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.

What is attendance like at Cam Everlands Primary School?

Pupils were in school 93.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 18% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Cam Everlands Primary School?

The average class had 30.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 25% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Birch Road, Cam, Dursley, GL11 5SF
Telephone
01453 545452
Website
www.cameverlands.org.uk
Headteacher
Mr Dominic Knill
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Ward
Cam East
Constituency
Stroud
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
115578 · LAESTAB 9162143 · UKPRN 10080662

Where these figures come from