Heddington Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Calne, Wiltshire·SN11 0PJ
Composite score
49.6
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#7,383
National rank
#726
In South West
#84
In Wiltshire
Top 50%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
91%
11 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
1.10
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
23
any preference, for 10 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1020221.2020231.0020241.0020251.102026

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 Heddington Church of England 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
74
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,758
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Heddington Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Calne, Wiltshire, Heddington Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 74 pupils aged 4 to 11. 62% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 29.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Heddington Church of England 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 11 first choices for 10 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 15.5 pupils per teacher. Heddington Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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