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Neston Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 195 pupils Neston, Corsham
Ofsted: Good
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Neston Primary School is an academy converter in Wiltshire for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 195 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Neston Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023 of its predecessor, Neston Primary School. In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: April 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Church Rise
Neston
Corsham
Wiltshire
SN13 9SX
Phone 01225810478
Reference Number 150800

General Makeup

Number of pupils 195
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.23%
Girls: 50.77%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 12 26
2 14 16 30
3 17 13 30
4 11 11 22
5 17 11 28
6 14 16 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.8%
White, Other 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1%
Unclassified 1%
White & Black (African) 1%
Asian, Other 1%
African 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Neston Primary School, inspected in September 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Apr 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 62%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 14%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 109
Maths 105
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 1
Third Preference 23 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Neston Primary School had 184 pupils for 210 places. 26 places (12.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Corsham Primary” planning area

Wiltshire counted 217 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 171 in 2029–30, down 21%.

20242025
Places 210210
Pupils 180184
Unfilled 14.3%12.4%

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 Neston Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 4.0%
Unauthorised absence 0.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.6%

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, 2.2% of pupils at Neston Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.8
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Neston Primary School had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 12.114.1
Teachers who left state teaching 5.7%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 90.9%–
Sick days per teacher 5.2–

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, 9.2% of pupils at Neston Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 12 6
Social, emotional and mental health 4 1
Moderate learning difficulty 0 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 1
Hearing impairment 0 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Neston Primary School received £6,634 and spent £5,878 for each of its 180 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £81,000 (£450 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Mosaic Partnership Trust, income was £6,581 and spending £6,735 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £81,000
per pupil £450
In-year balance £136,000
per pupil £756

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.

Name Distance
Corsham Primary School
Pound Pill, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9YW
1.39 miles
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corsham
Lacock Road, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9HS
1.44 miles
Churchfields, the Village School
Bradford Road, Atworth, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 8HY
1.5 miles
Heywood Prep
The Priory, Corsham, SN13 0AP
1.63 miles
The Corsham Regis Primary Academy
Kings Avenue, Corsham Regis Primary Academy, Kings Avenue, Corsham, SN13 0EG
1.7 miles
Box Church of England Primary School
High Street, Box, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 8NF
2.16 miles
Shaw CE Primary School
Corsham Road, Shaw, Melksham, SN12 8EQ
2.31 miles
Colerne CofE Primary School
Quarry Lane, Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 8DU
3.22 miles
St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School
The Street, Broughton Gifford, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 8PR
3.3 miles
Lacock Church of England Primary School
High Street, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2LQ
3.42 miles
River Mead School
Lowbourne, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 7ED
3.79 miles
Queen's Crescent School
Windsor Close, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 0QT
3.85 miles
Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School
The Gravel, Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6RA
3.86 miles
The Manor CofE VC Primary School
Ruskin Avenue, Melksham, SN12 7NG
3.93 miles
Aloeric Primary School
St Michael's Road, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6HN
4.04 miles
Frogwell Primary School
Derriads Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 0DG
4.17 miles
St Peter's CofE Academy
Lord's Mead, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 0LL
4.18 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Rowden Hill, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2AH
4.33 miles
Bathford Church School
Dovers Park, Bathford, Bath, Somerset, BA1 7UB
4.38 miles
Redland Primary School
Brook Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 0JE
4.52 miles
Name Distance
The Corsham School
The Tynings, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9DF
1.27 miles
Stonar School
Cottles Park, Wiltshire, SN12 8NT
1.8 miles
Notton House Academy
28 Notton, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2NF
3.26 miles
Melksham House School
27 Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES
3.96 miles
Sheldon School
Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6HJ
4.74 miles
Emmaus School
School Lane, Staverton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6NZ
4.84 miles
St Laurence School
Ashley Road, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1DZ
4.88 miles

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What is Neston Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Neston Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023 of its predecessor, Neston Primary School.

When was Neston Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Neston Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Neston Primary School have?

Neston Primary School has 195 pupils on roll.

What age range does Neston Primary School cover?

Neston Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Neston Primary School?

Neston Primary School is at Church Rise, Neston, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9SX.

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