Bitham Brook Primary School
General Information
- Address: Arundell Close, Westbury, BA13 3UA – View on map
- Phone: 01373859172
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Gareth Simons
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 66 families put it first for 59 places – 11 for every 10 places. 86% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 11 · 2025 14 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 54
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.2%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.9% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 40% moved to another school, 60% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 26 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 23 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
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: 66% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 78% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 58 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 64th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =57Wardour Catholic Primary School67%
- =57Winterslow Church of England Primary School67%
- =64Bitham Brook Primary School66%
- =64By Brook Valley CofE Primary School66%
- =64St Bartholomew's Primary Academy66%
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14th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #12Bemerton St John Church of England PrimaryGood
- #13Bishops Cannings Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #14Bitham Brook Primary SchoolGood
- #15Bowerhill Primary SchoolGood
- #16Box Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,527 (2024-25)
163rd of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #161Neston Primary School£5,567
- #162Sutton Veny CofE School£5,557
- #163Bitham Brook Primary School£5,527
- #164Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School£5,517
- #165Queen's Crescent School£5,320
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