Mere School

Mere School continues to demonstrate good performance, maintaining its reputation for ambition and high expectations from both leaders and staff. The school's motto, 'we enjoy, we learn, we achieve,' encapsulates the positive experiences of pupils who appreciate the opportunities offered to them. Parents express satisfaction with the school community, and pupils are noted for their good behavior and respect towards one another and adults. The school promotes a love of reading, providing a variety of reading materials and fostering a supportive environment for learning. However, there are areas that require further improvement. Notably, in some subjects of the wider curriculum, essential knowledge that leaders wish students to retain has not been clearly defined, leading to gaps in understanding. Additionally, while most pupils with SEND are well supported, there are instances where individual reading support could be enhanced to better match books with students' phonics knowledge, ensuring they catch up effectively. This inspection serves as the school’s first routine assessment since the pandemic, adding context to its ongoing development efforts.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with high expectations for all pupils.
• Positive behavior and attitudes among pupils.
• Engagement of parents in the school community.
• Ambitious and well-thought-out curriculum in most subjects.
• Effective support and development for pupils with SEND.
• Promotion of a love for reading from early schooling.

Areas for Improvement

• Essential knowledge in some curriculum subjects is not clearly identified.
• Some pupils struggle to catch up in reading due to misaligned book selections.

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 Mere School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.9% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Mere School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Mere School had 23.8 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, 11.7% of pupils at Mere School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Mere School received £5,986 and spent £5,906 for each of its 239 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £44,000 (£185 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 Mere School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mere School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Mere School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mere School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Mere School have?

Mere School has 239 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mere School cover?

Mere School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Mere School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mere School?

Mere School is at Springfield Road, Mere, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 6EW.