Ivy Lane Primary School, Chippenham

Ofsted's report card from its 17 March 2026 inspection grades Ivy Lane Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "The curriculum enables most pupils to make the progress that they should."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Teachers deliver a broad and balanced curriculum that is carefully sequenced to build pupils' knowledge."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children benefit from a calm and positive start to their schooling, with established routines that help them to feel settled and secure."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established clear and well‑organised systems to support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders demonstrate a commitment to pupils' wellbeing and safeguarding."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Personal, social and health education is delivered effectively across the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that transcription skills, including handwriting and spelling, are taught consistently well across all subjects, so that pupils secure the skills needed for high-quality writing"; "Leaders should ensure that adult interactions with children in the early years are consistently high quality, maximising opportunities for children to fully develop their language".

In its own words: "Please click the links you require on the menu to the right hand side."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Please click on this video link which is a virtual tour of our school and highlights all the fantastic things we do here at Ivy Lane . We are proud of the achievements of our pupils and the broad primary education we provide."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £5.90 per session.

Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 3 November 2026, an open day on Wednesday 4 November 2026, an open day on Thursday 5 November 2026 and an open day on Friday 6 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils at Ivy Lane Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 73% in Wiltshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 73% in reading and 61% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 60 families put Ivy Lane Primary School as their first choice and 134 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. 4 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ivy Lane Primary School are St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, 69% reading, 54% maths); Redland Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 84% reading, 87% maths); Monkton Park Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 75% reading, 64% maths); and Charter Primary School (0.7 miles).

Ivy Lane Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Ivy Lane Primary School is one of 21 schools run by Pickwick Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

102 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Ivy Lane Primary School (as of April 2026): 88% would recommend the school, 85% say their child is happy there and 60% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (60%).

7.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 6.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 45 pupils (10%) received SEN support and 9 (2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Chippenham Rail Station, about 470 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Town Bridge (ne-bound), 220 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ivy Lane Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 186 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wiltshire (34), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Ivy Lane Primary School issued 6 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Ivy Lane Primary School are The Young People's Support Centre (0.4 miles), Sheldon School (0.8 miles), Hardenhuish School (0.9 miles) and Abbeyfield School (1.3 miles).