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Great Bedwyn Church of England School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 205Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 145714URN

Farm Lane, Great Bedwyn, Marlborough, SN8 3TR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Wiltshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Wiltshire

56 applications for 30 places · 54th of 125 in Wiltshire
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
69%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 12 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Reception
close to Wiltshire median (1.9) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

56 applications · 30 places offered · 28 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.9; Wiltshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.0; Wiltshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.9; Wiltshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.8; Wiltshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.0; Wiltshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.2; Wiltshire median median 2.4
  7. 2020 1.5; Wiltshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.7; Wiltshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.7; Wiltshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.0; Wiltshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.8; Wiltshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Wiltshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.3; Wiltshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Wiltshire median

Dashed bars: as Great Bedwyn Church of England School (URN 126391), Grafton CofE Primary School (URN 126326), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630561.9280.93
Sep 202530602.0401.33
Sep 202430581.9381.27
Sep 202324441.8220.92
Sep 202226512.0261.00
Sep 202124522.2220.92
Sep 202030451.5290.97
Sep 201930501.7301.00
Sep 2018 *30511.7361.20
Sep 2017 *30602.0290.97
Sep 2016 *30551.8331.10
Sep 2015 *30531.8331.10
Sep 2014 *30692.3371.23

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 81% · Maths 73% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%48th of 174 in Wiltshire
Reading
Expected standard81%
Higher standard19%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard81%
Greater depth23%
Maths
Expected standard73%
Higher standard23%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Wiltshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2569%12%105104
2023/2484%6%108107
2022/2384%24%108107

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145714 · 865/3243
Trust
Excalibur Academies Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 205 on roll
Free school meals
2.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2018
Replaced
Great Bedwyn Church of England School (URN 126391); Grafton CofE Primary School (URN 126326)
Address
Farm Lane, Great Bedwyn, Marlborough, SN8 3TR
Local authority
Wiltshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources