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Dinton CofE Primary School

Primary · Salisbury · SP3 5HW

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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: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 22 September 2026 · report published 11 October 2026

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At a glance

66 pupils · 55% of 119 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
18.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.dinton.wilts.sch.uk/
URN
149660

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 4 families named it first for 4 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. At its report-card inspection on 22 September 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 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
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 school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers52%
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
Stutton Church of England Primary SchoolIPSWICH · 147 miles awayGood50%
Sharnford Church of England Primary SchoolHinckley · 104 miles awayExpected standard73%
Cotherstone Primary SchoolBarnard Castle · 241 miles awayGood40%
St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSudbury · 132 miles awayGood60%
Clifton upon Teme Primary SchoolWorcester · 83 miles awayGood50%
Moor Row Community Primary SchoolMoor Row · 246 miles awayGood54%
Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBury St Edmunds · 151 miles awayGood50%
Church Eaton Primary SchoolStafford · 116 miles awayExpected standard83%
Kniveton CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne · 137 miles awayGood82%
Shotley Community Primary SchoolIpswich · 152 miles awayGood9%
Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary SchoolScarborough · 225 miles awayGood33%
Pawlett Primary SchoolBridgwater · 45 miles awayGood57%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Wiltshire 81%, England 60%) · Any other Black background 3% (Wiltshire 1%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Wiltshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Wiltshire 2%, England 1%)

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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
1.6%
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.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,744; 16.7% 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 (2024-25)

This school£8,338
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£97,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier65.2%62.3%
Social housing13%17.1%
Privately rented21.6%20.5%
Detached houses47.3%22.9%
Flats2.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32.9%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 E01032004 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£570,00015 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£357,500–£758,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£725,000
Semi-detached (5)£345,000

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
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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