Monkton Park Primary School

Monkton Park Primary School continues to maintain effective standards as noted in previous inspections. The school fosters a strong sense of community where pupils feel safe, respected, and engaged in their learning. High expectations are set for academic achievement across a well-designed curriculum, and students demonstrate positive attitudes towards their education. The school excels in providing varied extracurricular activities that promote character development and collective pride among pupils. Despite these strengths, there are identified gaps in pupils' comprehension due to less effective assessment strategies in some areas.

Strengths

• Strong community spirit with positive relationships between staff, pupils, and families.
• High expectations for academic success and commitment to learning.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Diverse extracurricular opportunities enhancing character development.
• Well-stocked library and promotion of reading among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment strategies are not consistently effective, leading to gaps in pupils' knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Monkton Park Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.1% of pupils at Monkton Park Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Monkton Park Primary School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.5% of pupils at Monkton Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Monkton Park Primary School received £6,470 and spent £6,518 for each of its 252 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £73,000 (£289 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Monkton Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Monkton Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Monkton Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Monkton Park Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Monkton Park Primary School have?

Monkton Park Primary School has 252 pupils on roll.

What age range does Monkton Park Primary School cover?

Monkton Park Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Monkton Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Monkton Park Primary School?

Monkton Park Primary School is at Sadlers Mead, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3PN.