Burbage Primary School, Marlborough

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades Burbage Primary School on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders' work to promote regular attendance and positive behaviour is highly effective."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "The curriculum is well designed, coherent and deliberately structured to secure pupils' knowledge from the early years onwards."

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years curriculum and provision are of high quality and consistently effective."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion is a shared vision and deliberate feature of daily practice."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "The school's leadership ensures pupils thrive through a deliberate and well‑structured approach to school improvement."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "An extensive and coherent personal development and wellbeing offer helps pupils to grow socially, emotionally and culturally."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff make effective curriculum and teaching adaptations so that more pupils have opportunities to work within and achieve the higher standard across the curriculum".

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Burbage Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 91% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 73% in Wiltshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 88% in reading and 72% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Burbage Primary School as their first choice and 46 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Burbage Primary School are Easton Royal Academy (1.6 miles, Good, 88% reading, 38% maths); St Katharine's CofE Primary School (2.5 miles, Good, 91% reading, 82% maths); Great Bedwyn Church of England School (3.8 miles, Outstanding, 81% reading, 73% maths); and Pewsey Primary School (4.5 miles, Good, 86% reading, 90% maths).

Burbage Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Burbage Primary School is one of 20 schools run by Excalibur Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

94 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Burbage Primary School (as of April 2026): 89% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 40% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (40%).

7.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 0.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Burbage Primary School had 11 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Bedwyn Rail Station, about 3.6 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Seymour Court (w-bound), 60 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 5 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Wiltshire (34).

In 2024/25, Burbage Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 2.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.