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Ludgershall Castle Primary School

Andover, SP11 9RB · Wiltshire · primary school

Ofsted: Good · 2023 Inspected 3 years ago Mixed Primary
3.1/10 Below average

129th 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 — 1.6/10 against 2,982 of them, against 2.0/10 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) 2024/25 43.0 · 11 40% 0.43
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 4.0 · 35 25% 0.88

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 2024/25, 43.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 4.0% reached the higher standard. Ofsted rated the school Good in May 2023. 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 (1.6 out of 10 against similar schools, 2.0 out of 10 against all schools).

Beyond the classroom. Pupils join Book Club, Code Club, Cooking, Lego, New Age Kurling, Sketching, Cricket, Football, Crafts, Dance, and Choir. Trips include visits to the Winchester Science Museum, the beach, an aquarium, and the theatre. An after-school club is available, but there is no breakfast club.

Getting in. The school has 265 pupils in a building with 420 places, leaving 155 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 support pupils who do not reach the expected standard in maths? What specific activities take place during the after-school club? How does the school maintain engagement for pupils in smaller class sizes?

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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