Wansdyke School

Academy converter·Primary school Devizes, Wiltshire·SN10 5EF
Composite score
46.8
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#8,492
National rank
#844
In South West
#97
In Wiltshire
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
97%
31 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.2720231.2320241.0320251.032026

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 Wansdyke 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
236
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
13.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,695
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Wansdyke School is a primary school serving Devizes, Wiltshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 236 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 54% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 14.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half 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). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Wansdyke School is oversubscribed: about 10 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 31 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. Wansdyke 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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