Pewsey Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Pewsey, Wiltshire·SN9 5EJ
Composite score
65.7
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#2,484
National rank
#203
In South West
#24
In Wiltshire
Top 17%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 18 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
21
any preference, for 18 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Pewsey Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
153
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,098
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Pewsey Primary School at a glance

Located in Pewsey, Wiltshire, Pewsey Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 153 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 17% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Pewsey Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 18 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. Pewsey 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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