St Bartholomew's Primary Academy

St Bartholomew's Primary Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection areas. Since the previous inspection in 2017, the school has made significant improvements in the quality of education, demonstrating effective leadership and a collaborative school community. Pupils have quickly adapted to the school's welcoming environment, forming strong relationships and showing a positive attitude towards learning. While there are notable strengths in behavior, relationships, and the early years provision, challenges remain in certain areas of the curriculum, particularly in deepening older pupils' understanding of language and ensuring effective support for students with special educational needs.

Strengths

• Children quickly adapt and make friends upon joining the school.
• Strong relationships between pupils and adults create a supportive environment.
• Improvements in quality of education have been recognized over the last two years.
• A stimulating learning environment has been created in early years classes.
• Genuine commitment from staff to improve the school's performance.
• Pupils participate in a broad range of extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum plans in foundation subjects lack coherent structure.
• Older pupils do not demonstrate sufficient understanding of unfamiliar words.
• Support strategies for some pupils with SEND are not consistently implemented.

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 St Bartholomew's Primary Academy attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.7% 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, 0.0% of pupils at St Bartholomew's Primary Academy 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 St Bartholomew's Primary Academy had 24.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 22.9% of pupils at St Bartholomew's Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 2024–25 St Bartholomew's Primary Academy received £6,160 and spent £6,158 for each of its 392 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £161,000 (£411 per pupil).

Across all 28 schools of Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust, income was £7,549 and spending £7,556 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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St Bartholomew's Primary Academy is part of Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust, which runs 28 schools. The nearest others:

• Marden Vale CofE Academy Calne
• The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy Devizes
• Southbroom St James Academy Devizes
• Shrewton CofE Primary School Salisbury
• St Nicholas Church of England Primary School Salisbury
• St. Peter's CE Primary Academy Salisbury
• Wilton CofE Primary School Salisbury
• St Martin's CofE Primary School Salisbury
• Broad Chalke CofE Primary School Salisbury
• Whitesheet Church of England Primary Academy Warminster

What is St Bartholomew's Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Bartholomew's Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was St Bartholomew's Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Bartholomew's Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does St Bartholomew's Primary Academy have?

St Bartholomew's Primary Academy has 398 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Bartholomew's Primary Academy cover?

St Bartholomew's Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Bartholomew's Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Bartholomew's Primary Academy?

St Bartholomew's Primary Academy is at The Rosary, Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN4 8AZ.