Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Wiltshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 11 May 2022Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, URN 126482
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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 entry43 applications · 24 places offered · 24 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.8; Wiltshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.3; Wiltshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Wiltshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.9
- 2022 2.1; Wiltshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.5; Wiltshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2020 1.6; Wiltshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 2.2; Wiltshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; Wiltshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; Wiltshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Wiltshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Wiltshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Wiltshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Wiltshire median
Dashed bars: as St Mary's Catholic Primary School (URN 126482), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 24 | 43 | 1.8 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 17 | 29 | 1.7 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 * | 21 | 33 | 1.6 | 19 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 * | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 34 | 54 | 1.6 | 32 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 * | 42 | 69 | 1.6 | 46 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 * | 39 | 65 | 1.7 | 39 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 58 | 1.9 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 40 | 64 | 1.6 | 40 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 69% · Writing 69% · Maths 54% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Wiltshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 50% | 0% | 103 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 13% | 106 | 106 |
| 2022/23 |
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
- St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Wiltshire20262.2applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Wiltshire20262.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · WiltshireRequires improvement20242.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · WiltshireGood20232.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · WiltshireRequires improvement20242.8applications per place
- 1.3 km · WiltshireGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · WiltshireStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · WiltshireRemains Good20211.3applications per place
- Exceptional
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149640 · 865/2059
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 165 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2023
- Replaced
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School (URN 126482)
- Address
- Rowden Hill, Chippenham, SN15 2AH
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources