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Box Church of England Primary School

Primary · Corsham · SN13 8NF

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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: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 September 2019

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At a glance

144 pupils · 82% of 175 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
4.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.box.wilts.sch.uk/
URN
150801

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 17 families named it first for 17 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. Ofsted last graded it Good on 11 September 2019, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 17 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers81.5%
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
Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-SchoolRoyston · 110 miles awayStrong standard73%
Hayton CofE Primary SchoolBrampton · 242 miles awayOutstanding88%
Cuddington and Dinton CofE SchoolAylesbury · 62 miles awayGood81%
Freshford Church SchoolBath · 6 miles awayGood96%
Freeland Church of England Primary SchoolWitney · 46 miles awayExpected standard83%
Blackboys Church of England Primary SchoolUckfield · 109 miles awayGood82%
Great Chesterford Church of England Primary AcademySaffron Walden · 114 miles awayGood88%
Trowell CofE Primary SchoolNotts · 114 miles awayGood67%
Frieth Church of England Combined SchoolHenley-on-Thames · 62 miles awayStrong standard80%
High Hesket CofE SchoolCarlisle · 234 miles awayGood52%
St Faith's Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester · 48 miles awayGood83%
Longden CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury · 89 miles awayExpected standard64%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Wiltshire 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Wiltshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Wiltshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wiltshire 1%, 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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.3%
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

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
21.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

36.4% 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 £54,184; 20% 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£5,952
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£40,000

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher53.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.7%62.3%
Social housing5.1%17.1%
Privately rented13.2%20.5%
Detached houses50.7%22.9%
Flats6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms43.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031888 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£460,00067 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£329,000–£677,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (17)£720,000
Semi-detached (27)£480,000
Terraced (14)£287,500
Flat (9)£195,000

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

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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