Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School

Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School has significantly improved since its last inspection, moving from a previous grade of Requires Improvement to Good. The school demonstrates high expectations for its pupils, fostering a positive learning environment where students feel safe and are encouraged to engage in their education. With effective leadership from the headteacher and support from the Acorn Education Trust, the school has developed a broad and ambitious curriculum that is designed to cater to all learners, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• High expectations set by staff for all pupils
• Trusting relationships between pupils and adults
• Robust curriculum improvements since the previous inspection
• Effective phonics programme supporting early reading
• Strong support for pupils with SEND
• Clear sequence of learning in mathematics
• Pupils engage well with extracurricular activities

Areas for Improvement

• Minor gaps in knowledge in a few wider curriculum subjects
• Some pupils lack regular opportunities to apply mathematical 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 Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Dilton Marsh CofE 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 Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.8% 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, 13.9% of pupils at Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School received £7,236 and spent £6,961 for each of its 162 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £168,000 (£1,038 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Acorn Education Trust, income was £8,177 and spending £8,032 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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All schools in Westbury · Wiltshire local authority: places and applications

Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School is part of Acorn Education Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Chapmanslade Church of England Primary School Westbury
• The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre Warminster
• New Close Primary School Warminster
• Kingdown School Warminster
• St John's CofE School Warminster
• West Ashton Church of England Primary School Trowbridge
• The Clarendon Academy Trowbridge
• Willowbrook Primary School Trowbridge
• Heytesbury Church of England Primary School Warminster
• Keevil CofE Primary School Trowbridge

What is Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School have?

Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School has 158 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School cover?

Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School?

Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School is at High Street, Dilton Marsh, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4DY.