St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington

School overview

St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington is a primary school serving Devizes, Wiltshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 130 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 82% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 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 top 26% 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). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 9 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 29.8 pupils per teacher. St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington 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.