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Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary School

Primary · Swindon · SN6 6NZ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 January 2023

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At a glance

207 pupils · 93% of 222 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
8.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.akps.org.uk
URN
126297

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 38 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.27 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3.204 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. Ofsted last graded it Good on 25 January 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.27 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 38 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 3.204 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3.204 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
91%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
16%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school91%
Median of its 12 closest peers65%
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
Queniborough Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester · 82 miles awayGood52%
Puriton Primary SchoolBridgwater · 56 miles awayGood79%
John Hellins Primary SchoolTowcester · 54 miles awayOutstanding93%
Crondall Primary SchoolFarnham · 54 miles awayNot yet graded81%
Baschurch CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury · 88 miles awayGood71%
Felbridge Primary SchoolEast Grinstead · 89 miles awayGood59%
High Meadow Community SchoolColeshill · 60 miles awayGood47%
By Brook Valley CofE Primary SchoolChippenham · 16 miles awayGood66%
Broad Chalke CofE Primary SchoolSalisbury · 43 miles awayGood59%
Ripponden Junior and Infant SchoolSowerby Bridge · 140 miles awayGood64%
Highnam CofE Primary AcademyGloucester · 22 miles awayGood68%
Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys · 160 miles awayGood52%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Wiltshire 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Wiltshire 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Wiltshire 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 0%

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)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.8%
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
23.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% left the state-funded sector

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 £51,127; 15.4% 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£6,689
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £51,708; in-year balance -£21,149

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.7%62.3%
Social housing8.3%17.1%
Privately rented7.9%20.5%
Detached houses59.5%22.9%
Flats0.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms47.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031887 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£545,00043 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£416,500–£697,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (31)£630,000
Semi-detached (8)£395,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a 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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