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Christian Malford CofE Primary School

Chippenham, SN15 4BW · Wiltshire · primary school

Ofsted: Requires improvement · 2024 Inspected 2 years ago Mixed Primary Church of England
0.4/10 Well below average

179th of 181 primary schools in Wiltshire we can score, 201 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 0.1/10 against 3,875 of them, against 0.5/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2022/23 25.0 · 2 40% 0.07
Ofsted 3 35% 0.11
Higher standard (RWM) 2022/23 0.0 · 10 25% 0.26

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2022/23, 25.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared to the national median of 62%. 0.0% reached the higher standard. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (0.1 out of 10 against similar schools, 0.5 out of 10 against all schools). Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in January 2024.

Getting in. The school has 52 pupils in a capacity of 120, leaving 68 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school plan to raise attainment from 25.0% to meet national expectations? What specific actions are being taken to address the "Requires improvement" rating? How do you support pupils in developing confidence given the current performance levels?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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