Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Amesbury, Wiltshire·SP4 7LX
Composite score
16.2
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National rank
#1589
In South West
#179
In Wiltshire
Top 99%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
25%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
6 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
13
any preference, for 7 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20220.8920231.0020241.0020250.862026

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

Every child who put Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury 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
105
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
18.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
22.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
27.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£15,779
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury

Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury is a primary school in Amesbury, Wiltshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Catholic religious character. Around 105 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 25% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 15.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 6 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 9.5%. There are about 13.3 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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