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Hullavington CofE Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Chippenham · SN14 6EF

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 8 December 2022

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At a glance

131 pupils · 89% of 147 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
7.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
5.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.hullavington.wilts.sch.uk/
URN
126330

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 8 December 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

14 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
60%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school60%
Median of its 12 closest peers76.5%
Wiltshire average59.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Barton CofE VA Primary SchoolCambridge · 104 miles awayGood (2016)59%
Hornton Primary SchoolBanbury · 50 miles awayGood69%
St George's Catholic Primary SchoolWorcester · 46 miles awayGood79%
Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, KendalKendal · 193 miles awayGood75%
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St AlbansSt Albans · 79 miles awayGood87%
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademySt Albans · 81 miles awayNo current grade68%
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolWarrington · 130 miles awayOutstanding79%
Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolAmersham · 67 miles awayNo current grade78%
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, AndoverAndover · 36 miles awayGood56%
Wherwell Primary SchoolAndover · 40 miles awayGood93%
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, SevenoaksSevenoaks · 102 miles awayOutstanding89%
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, GosforthNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 241 miles awayGood73%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 63% (Wiltshire 81%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 21% (Wiltshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Wiltshire 4%, England 7%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Wiltshire 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Wiltshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Wiltshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Wiltshire 0%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Wiltshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Wiltshire 2%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Wiltshire 0%, England 0%) · White Irish 2% (Wiltshire 0%, England 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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.7%
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
16.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% 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 sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £45,710; 9.1% 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£8,504
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £147,684; in-year balance -£15,662

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier60.3%62.3%
Social housing9.8%17.1%
Privately rented29.9%20.5%
Detached houses42%22.9%
Flats1.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms33.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031960 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£477,50032 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£365,000–£542,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (21)£525,000
Semi-detached (7)£350,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a 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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