St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chippenham
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Mary's excels at creating a warm, supportive environment where every child feels valued and known. The school offers exceptional enrichment through music, leadership roles, educational visits and community involvement that helps pupils develop into thoughtful, responsible citizens. Strong pastoral care and inclusive practices ensure all pupils, including those with additional needs, receive the targeted support they need to learn and thrive.
Key Strengths
- Personal development and wellbeing provision is rich and well structured, with highly effective pastoral support based on strong relationships
- Wide range of enrichment opportunities including leadership roles, educational visits to Parliament and Hampton Court, and diverse learning about faiths and cultures
- Clear behaviour expectations and routines create a calm, respectful environment where pupils feel safe and supported
- Inclusive culture with effective identification and support for pupils with additional needs and disadvantaged pupils
- Strong early years provision with well-structured curriculum and high-quality staff interactions
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers do not always correct misconceptions promptly, leading to pupils making repeated errors
- Writing and language knowledge gaps, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, are not addressed with sufficient precision
- Published outcomes at key stage 2 do not reflect current pupils' progress, suggesting need to strengthen individual pupil tracking
- Attendance remains an area for continued development despite tenacious leadership efforts
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed, making pupils safer and helping them feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Music concerts, St Mary's got talent, theatre visits, eco council, chaplaincy council, play leaders, sports leaders, educational visits to Houses of Parliament and Hampton Court, reading leaders programme
St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a well-established primary school in Chippenham, Wiltshire that provides a broad, ambitious curriculum with strong pastoral support and a rich personal development programme for all pupils.
At a Glance
15.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 77% to 69%. Maths has declined from 77% to 54%. Writing has declined from 81% to 69%.
Class Sizes
28.3
Avg class size
3
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
79%
Available places
165 pupils
210 capacity
45 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Chippenham
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Chippenham
Admissions Demand - Wiltshire
Places available
6,311
Applications
4,449
Got 1st preference
95.2%
Got preferred school
99.0%
Primary admissions across Wiltshire (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.68679%
Overall absence
4.65116%
Persistent absence
129
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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