Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
About the school
Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is an open primary school in Wiltshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 27 January 2026
- Published
- 16 March 2026
- Inspection type
- Academy First Section 5
Category of concern: SM
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Requires improvement
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 57%
- Wiltshire
- 59%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 2%
- Wiltshire
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 80%
- Wiltshire
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 78%
- Wiltshire
- 71%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 71%
- Wiltshire
- 72%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 69%
- Wiltshire
- 70%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 6%
- Wiltshire
- 25%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 86%
- Wiltshire
- 81%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 104
- Wiltshire
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 104
- Wiltshire
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 102
- Wiltshire
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
202
Girls
49.01%
Boys
50.99%
SEN support
14.85%
Education, health and care plan
3.47%
English as an additional language
3.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
23.76%
Overall absence
4.42
Persistent absence
12.97