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Bishops Cannings Church of England Primary School

General Information

  • Address: The Street, Bishop's Cannings, Devizes, SN10 2LD – View on map
  • Phone: 01380860633
  • Website: Visit school website
  • Headteacher: Miss C A Vardy
  • Age range: 2-11 years
  • Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 27 families put it first for 29 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 10 · 2025 12 · 2026 9
  • Sixth form: No
  • Intake: Mixed
  • Religious character: Church of England
  • Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

241 pupils out of 210 places At or near capacity
  • Pupils eligible for free school meals: 33
  • % eligible for free school meals: 14.9%
  • Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Wiltshire average)
  • English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

  • Teacher turnover: 11.7% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
  • Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% 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: 3.6%
  • Persistently absent pupils: 5.6%
  • Data year: 2024/25

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

  • Pupils on SEN Support: 14.5%
  • Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
  • Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

  • SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 16 pupils
  • Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
  • Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
  • Physical disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

  • Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
  • Physical disability: 1 pupil
  • Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

Year 6 SATs results

  • Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 72% (England 62%)
  • Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
  • Compared with the area: 13 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
  • Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 68% against an expected 65%)
  • 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
  • Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
  • Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
  • Based on: 29 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

SATs results over time

2022/232023/242024/2567%64%72%
This schoolWiltshire averageEngland Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 13 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%).

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,625 (2024-25)

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