Nursteed Community Primary School

Nursteed Community Primary School is currently facing significant challenges in preparing its pupils for their next stages of education. This concern stems from weaknesses in the curriculum and teaching, resulting in pupils' attainment and progress falling below national averages, particularly in reading and mathematics. However, the school has taken robust measures to improve these areas, leading to recent improvements in pupils' fluency in reading and efforts to close the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers. Despite these efforts, the quality of education is still not meeting the expected standards consistently across all domains.

Strengths

• Pupils' attendance has improved.
• Recent initiatives have led to better fluency in reading.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• The school has well-established routines to help pupils settle at the start of the day.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' attainment in reading and mathematics is significantly below national averages.
• Inconsistent application of behaviour policies by staff.
• Some staff lack secure subject knowledge, affecting teaching quality.
• Gaps in foundational knowledge, such as handwriting and spelling, remain.

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 Nursteed Community Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.4% 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, 3.8% of pupils at Nursteed Community 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 Nursteed Community Primary School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.4% 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, 28.0% of pupils at Nursteed Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% 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 Nursteed Community Primary School received £7,191 and spent £7,348 for each of its 182 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £150,000 (£825 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 Nursteed Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nursteed Community Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Nursteed Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Nursteed Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Nursteed Community Primary School have?

Nursteed Community Primary School has 182 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nursteed Community Primary School cover?

Nursteed Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Nursteed Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Nursteed Community Primary School?

Nursteed Community Primary School is at Brickley Lane, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3BF.