Broad Chalke CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Salisbury, Wiltshire·SP5 5DS
Composite score
46.5
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#8,593
National rank
#855
In South West
#98
In Wiltshire
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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
100%
14 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
30
any preference, for 14 places
Applications from another council area
13%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Broad Chalke CofE 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
199
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

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

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,332
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Broad Chalke CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Salisbury, Wiltshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 199 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 11.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Broad Chalke CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 14 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 23.9 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Broad Chalke CofE 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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