Bitham Brook Primary School

Community school·Primary school Westbury, Wiltshire·BA13 3UA
Composite score
48.7
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#7,785
National rank
#772
In South West
#89
In Wiltshire
Top 53%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
86%
66 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.12
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
87
any preference, for 59 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.28
00.511.52
1 per place
1.1820220.9820231.0720241.4020251.122026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Wiltshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Bitham Brook Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
403
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,527
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Bitham Brook Primary School at a glance

Located in Westbury, Wiltshire, Bitham Brook Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 403 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Bitham Brook Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 66 first choices for 59 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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