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Horningsham Primary School

Primary · WARMINSTER · BA12 7LW

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 6 May 2026 · report published 23 June 2026

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At a glance

68 pupils · 81% of 84 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
7.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://horningsham.eschools.co.uk/web
URN
126199

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 1.17 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 6.586 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. At its report-card inspection on 6 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 1.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.17 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 6.586 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 6.586 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

9 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
89%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school89%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
Wiltshire average59.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Swainswick Church SchoolBath · 17 miles awayOutstanding67%
Bledington Primary SchoolChipping Norton · 57 miles awayGood56%
Chewton Mendip Church of England VA Primary SchoolRadstock · 16 miles awayGood60%
Payhembury Church of England Primary SchoolExeter · 52 miles awayGood76%
St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolSevenoaks · 109 miles awayGood75%
Ampney Crucis Church of England Primary SchoolCirencester · 41 miles awayGood73%
Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSelby · 188 miles awayGood57%
Fowlmere Primary SchoolRoyston · 119 miles awayRequires improvement25%
Saxlingham Nethergate CofE VC Primary SchoolNorwich · 178 miles awayGood83%
Hintlesham and Chattisham Church of England Primary SchoolIpswich · 154 miles awayGood57%
Taddington and Priestcliffe SchoolBuxton · 144 miles awayGood88%
Eastcombe Primary SchoolStroud · 39 miles awayGood80%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 75% (Wiltshire 81%, England 60%) · Not recorded 24% (Wiltshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Wiltshire 2%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
1.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
0%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wiltshire: 3.43 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,552; 40% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,847
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £18,826; in-year balance +£9,806

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier58.5%62.3%
Social housing4.2%17.1%
Privately rented37.3%20.5%
Detached houses59.1%22.9%
Flats3.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032081 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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