Aloeric Primary School

Aloeric Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive school where pupils feel safe and typically make good progress through a broad, ambitious curriculum. Leaders have built strong systems for attendance, behaviour and inclusion, and children in Reception get off to a flying start, including those with low starting points. The school is part of the Pickwick Academy Trust, and governance and leadership are robust, with a clear focus on the most vulnerable pupils. All areas inspected were judged to be at the expected standard, and safeguarding is met. Notable strengths include early years provision, support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, and a caring, rights-respecting culture in which bullying is rare. However, published outcomes for disadvantaged pupils are below national averages and the disadvantage gap is wide, although leaders report that current pupils’ progress is stronger than the published data suggests. Improvement priorities focus on pupils who join after the start of the school year: leaders should identify gaps in basic skills and pastoral needs more quickly, and teachers should use those checks consistently so misconceptions do not persist. Personal development is generally strong, but pupils are less secure in recalling some content and in understanding how leadership opportunities contribute to their development.

Strengths

• Broad, ambitious curriculum that builds strong basic skills in reading, writing and mathematics.
• High-quality early years provision that helps children with low starting points catch up quickly.
• Strong inclusion and effective support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.
• Calm, purposeful classrooms with positive behaviour and low levels of bullying.
• Effective attendance work with families and external professionals.
• Highly successful, individualised support for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs.
• Robust leadership and governance with strong trust accountability and staff development.
• A caring, rights-respecting culture where pupils feel safe, listened to and valued.
• A well-planned personal development programme and broad extra-curricular offer.

Areas for Improvement

• Gaps for pupils who join after the start of the school year are not always identified quickly enough.
• Some teachers do not check pupils’ understanding swiftly enough, allowing misconceptions to remain.
• Pupils are less confident recalling and articulating some personal development content, including religions and beliefs.
• Pupils do not yet fully understand how leadership opportunities contribute to their personal development and future life.
• Published outcomes for disadvantaged pupils remain below national averages, with a wide disadvantage gap.

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 Aloeric Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.3% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Aloeric 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 Aloeric Primary School had 21.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.9% 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, 14.4% of pupils at Aloeric Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Aloeric Primary School received £7,141 and spent £6,969 for each of its 347 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £96,000 (£277 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Pickwick Academy Trust, income was £6,042 and spending £5,893 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 Melksham · Wiltshire local authority: places and applications

Aloeric Primary School is part of Pickwick Academy Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Corsham Primary School Corsham
• Queen's Crescent School Chippenham
• Ivy Lane Primary School Chippenham
• Princecroft Primary School Warminster
• Woodford Valley Church of England Aided School Salisbury
• St George's Church of England School, Bourton Gillingham
• Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School Gillingham
• Gillingham Primary School Gillingham
• Wyke Primary School Gillingham
• Gomeldon Primary School Salisbury

What is Aloeric Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Aloeric Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was Aloeric Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Aloeric Primary School was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does Aloeric Primary School have?

Aloeric Primary School has 360 pupils on roll.

What age range does Aloeric Primary School cover?

Aloeric Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Aloeric Primary School?

Aloeric Primary School is at St Michael's Road, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6HN.