Charter Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Chippenham, Wiltshire·SN15 3EA
Composite score
38.7
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National rank
#1169
In South West
#125
In Wiltshire
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
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
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
31
any preference, for 11 places

Every child who put Charter 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
200
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£1,470
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Charter Primary School

Charter Primary School is a primary school in Chippenham, Wiltshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 200 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, 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 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 104 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). Charter Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 11 families who put it first were offered a place. If you are considering Charter Primary School, 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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