Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is performing well overall, meeting the expected standards in achievement, behaviour, and curriculum. Leaders have successfully closed achievement gaps, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs. The school has established a positive culture of safeguarding and has seen improvements in attendance, though further monitoring is needed to sustain high rates of attendance. The school is noted for creating a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and supported, encouraging both academic and personal development.

Strengths

• Strong leadership ensuring effective safeguarding practices.
• Good progress made in closing achievement gaps for all pupil groups.
• Improvements in national test outcomes in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• High expectations of behaviour and strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Well-designed curriculum promoting essential knowledge for future education.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Some inconsistencies in adapting learning activities for advanced pupils.
• Opportunities for vocabulary development in early years interactions not maximized.

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 Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.0% 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, 3.0% of pupils at Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.4% 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, 17.3% of pupils at Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 2024–25 Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School received £12,459 and spent £12,782 for each of its 202 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £10,000 (-£47 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Magna Learning Partnership, income was £7,766 and spending £7,975 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 Salisbury · Wiltshire local authority: places and applications

Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is part of Magna Learning Partnership, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Amesbury Archer Primary School Amesbury
• Old Sarum Primary School Salisbury
• Pembroke Park Primary School Salisbury
• Wyvern St Edmund's Academy Salisbury
• Sarum Academy Salisbury
• Bemerton St John Church of England Primary Salisbury
• Salisbury Sixth Form College Salisbury
• The Trafalgar School at Downton Salisbury
• Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School Salisbury
• The New Forest Church of England Primary School Wilts

What is Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School have?

Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has 179 pupils on roll.

What age range does Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School cover?

Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School?

Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is at Kitchener Road, Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7AX.