Walwayne Court School, Trowbridge
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Walwayne Court has created a genuinely warm and caring community where children thrive emotionally and feel safe. The school has done excellent work on reading, with skilled staff and a secure phonics programme that helps all children, including those who struggle, make good progress. Staff are valued and supported, and pupils develop as thoughtful, resilient young people through meaningful experiences like residential trips and school leadership roles.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on early reading with effective phonics teaching helping pupils get off to a great start
- Excellent behaviour and attitudes - pupils are polite, respectful and kind to one another
- Rich personal development programme including residential trips, leadership roles and community involvement that builds resilience and skills
Areas for Improvement
- Mathematics outcomes are below national averages and need significant improvement
- Curriculum in some subjects does not clearly identify essential knowledge and skills pupils need to learn
- Assessment practices are not effective across all subjects, meaning pupils struggle to remember and build on prior learning
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Music, sports, residential trip to Wales, reading ambassadors, sports leaders, school councillors, Trowbridge Youth Parliament
Walwayne Court School is a warm, nurturing primary school where pupils are happy and safe, but the quality of education requires improvement as curriculum changes have been too slow and outcomes in mathematics are below national averages.
At a Glance
11.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
69 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 76% to 81%. Maths has improved from 55% to 78%. Writing has remained stable at around 62%.
Class Sizes
27.8
Avg class size
24.3
Infant (KS1)
29.8
KS2
8
Total classes
3 classes with more than 30 pupils
1 unlawfully large infant class
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
80%
Available places
239 pupils
300 capacity
61 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Trowbridge
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Trowbridge
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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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.80435%
Overall absence
9.04977%
Persistent absence
221
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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