Amesbury Archer Primary School
General Information
- Address: Shears Drive, Archers Gate, Amesbury, SP4 7XX – View on map
- Phone: 01980625944
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr David Webber
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 43 families put it first for 49 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 7 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 97
- % eligible for free school meals: 24.1%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.7% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 53% moved to another school, 47% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Wiltshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Wiltshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 22 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 20 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Physical disability: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Physical disability: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2021 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 56% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 54% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 68% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 61%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 62 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 110th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =102Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School57%
- =102Walwayne Court School57%
- =110Amesbury Archer Primary School56%
- =110Crockerton CofE Primary School56%
- =110Fitzmaurice Primary School56%
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8th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #6All Cannings Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #7Aloeric Primary SchoolGood
- #8Amesbury Archer Primary SchoolGood
- #9Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #10Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £4,047 (2024-25)
170th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #168Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School£4,558
- #169Westbury Leigh CofE Primary School£4,265
- #170Amesbury Archer Primary School£4,047
- #171Churchfields, the Village School£3,919
- #172Chapmanslade Church of England Primary School£3,235
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