Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Gosditch, Ashton Keynes, Swindon, SN6 6NZ – View on map
- Phone: 01285861436
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Samantha Saville
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 38 families put it first for 30 places – 13 for every 10 places. 79% of them were offered a place. 10 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 13 · 2025 13 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 17
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.2%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 3.8% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 3.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 91% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 16% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 32 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 89% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 89%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 97% · Maths 97% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 108
- Based on: 32 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: 4th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =1Stanton St Quintin Primary and Nursery School100%
- #3The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy92%
- #4Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary School91%
- #5Horningsham Primary School89%
- =6Broad Hinton Church of England Primary School86%
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9th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #7Aloeric Primary SchoolGood
- #8Amesbury Archer Primary SchoolGood
- #9Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #10Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #11Bellefield Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,054 (2024-25)
139th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #137The Grove Primary School£6,071
- #138Downton CofE VA Primary School£6,070
- #139Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary School£6,054
- #140Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School£6,043
- #141Great Bedwyn Church of England School£6,035
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