Callowell Primary School

Callowell Primary School is a one form entry primary school with a pre-school, ‘Jumping Beans’ that takes children in at two years old. The school is situated in Stroud and currently has 115 on roll with 24% of pupils eligible for Pupil Premium and 17% of children on the SEND register. There are 28 children registered at the pre-school.

The school joined CBAT on 1st July 2023, after it went into special measures in October 2022.

In September 2023, a new Acting Executive Headteacher and Leadership team were assigned to the school, to ensure that the fundamentals were in place to rapidly improve Callowell. The school is showing positive and rapid signs of improvement across the priorities and recommendations that Ofsted identified in the last report. Currently, there is an Internal Executive Board (IEB) in place to monitor and support the rapid improvement journey the school needs to take, with a view to re - establishing a School Development Board (Governing Body) at the end of this academic year.

Callowell Primary School staff have fully embraced the need to improve, and the journey the school must take for its children and the community it serves. They are extremely positive and a dedicated team of colleagues.