Westbury Church of England Junior School, Westbury

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils at Westbury Church of England Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 55% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 73% in Wiltshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 45% in reading and 50% in maths in 2024.

Across Wiltshire, 96% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Wiltshire lodged 33 appeals against primary school offers; 20 reached a hearing and 5 succeeded (25% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Westbury Church of England Junior School are Westbury Infant School (0.2 miles, Good); Westbury Leigh CofE Primary School (0.7 miles); Bitham Brook Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 79% reading, 78% maths); and Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 67% reading, 83% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Westbury Church of England Junior School.

43.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 38 pupils (16.8%) received SEN support and 25 (11.1%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Westbury Church of England Junior School has a resourced provision (63 places, 57 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (20 places, 20 pupils on roll) for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties.

Westbury Church of England Junior School had 16 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 Westbury (Wilts) Rail Station, about 630 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Queens Square (ne-bound), 60 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 85 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wiltshire (34), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Westbury Church of England Junior School issued 59 suspensions, 22.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.