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Southbroom Infants' School

Devizes, SN10 5AA · Wiltshire · primary school

Ofsted: Requires improvement · 2023 Mixed Primary
OfstedRequires improvement
Pupils82
FSM42.4%
AI summary of the Ofsted report Inspected 2025-07-18 · Tap to collapse

Generated by AI from the official inspection report — not written by Ofsted or SchoolsGPT staff. Always read the full Ofsted PDF before relying on this summary.

Overview: Southbroom Infants' School is a warm and welcoming school where pupils feel valued and happy. The school has high ambition for pupils and provides an exciting and engaging curriculum that helps them to be curious about the world. Pupils achieve well and are ready for their next stage of education.

Strengths:

  • The school has designed a highly effective school curriculum that starts in the Nursery Year and supports pupils to build their knowledge in a logical order.
  • Pupils develop a sense of responsibility through their leadership roles, such as school councillors and play leaders.
  • The school provides pupils with exceptional personal development opportunities, including poetry recitals and music performances.
  • The early years curriculum is exceptional, with staff skilfully supporting children to develop strong communication and language skills.
  • The school keeps a sharp focus on attendance, with robust procedures in place to address lower attendance.

Areas to improve:

  • On some occasions in some subjects, teachers do not give pupils enough opportunities to develop their language skills, making it difficult for pupils to talk about what they know and use subject-specific vocabulary.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Catchment / designated area

Catchment areas historically set by parish/town boundary; LA publishes an interactive 'School Admissions Explorer' catchment finder.

Source: Wiltshire admissions policy

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2023-03-07)

Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Early years provision (where applicable)
Requires improvement

What the entrance test covers

The two Wiltshire (Salisbury) grammar schools test separately, both with GL Assessment papers but different structures: 1. Bishop Wordsworth's School (boys) — two papers of about 50 minutes: Verbal Skills (English + verbal reasoning) and Mathematics + Non-Verbal/Spatial Reasoning. Multiple-choice, held at the school in the second half of September. 2. South Wilts Grammar School (girls) — three papers in one sitting with breaks: Mathematics (50 minutes, Year 5 curriculum plus early Year 6), English (45 minutes — linguistic skills, comprehension, spelling, punctuation) and Verbal Reasoning (50 minutes). No non-verbal reasoning. Separate registrations with each school; results arrive in October. A child applying to a Salisbury school and e.g. a Hampshire/Dorset school will face different formats — prepare per school.

Similar schools nearby

Same area, prioritising the same phase — useful for shortlisting alternatives.

Southbroom St James Academy 0.4 mi · Primary · Good Devizes, SN10 3AH Wansdyke School 0.5 mi · Primary · Good Devizes, SN10 5EF St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes 0.6 mi · Primary · Good Devizes, SN10 1DD The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy 0.7 mi · Primary · Good Devizes, SN10 2FH Nursteed Community Primary School 0.7 mi · Primary · Requires improvement Devizes, SN10 3BF Rowde CofE Academy 1.8 mi · Primary · Good Devizes, SN10 2ND

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Wiltshire admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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