Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Shaftesbury · SP7 9AU
Data updated
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 4 May 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
126 pupils · 84% of 150 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 10.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 126439
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 24 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 1.20 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 4 May 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.20 first-choice applications per place20 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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
Compare admissions across the area: Wiltshire school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
11 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 95% (Wiltshire 81%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Wiltshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Wiltshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Wiltshire 4%, England 7%) · White Irish 1% (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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
4.88 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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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
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)
10% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 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 £54,031; 10% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £18,394; in-year balance +£20,365
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
- 4 May 2023: School remains Good
- 23 January 2018: School remains Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 37.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 14.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 38.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 11.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 49.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 71.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 10.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 17.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 54.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 3.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 36.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 6.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032010 · how to read area figures
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
- 2a 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
Nearby schools
- Wardour Catholic Primary School
- Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School
- Ludwell Primary School
- Motcombe CofE Primary School
- Shaftesbury School
- The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, Shaftesbury
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury
- Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John's