Box Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: High Street, Box, Corsham, SN13 8NF – View on map
- Phone: 01225742663
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Jo French
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 17 places – 10 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: 2025 8 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 6
- % eligible for free school meals: 4.2%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.3% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 45% moved to another school, 55% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, 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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 14 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 71% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 71%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 85% · Writing 81% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 104
- Based on: 26 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 31st of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =28Pitton Church of England Primary School75%
- #30St Nicholas Church of England Primary School74%
- =31Box Church of England Primary School73%
- =31Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School73%
- =31Burbage Primary School73%
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16th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #14Bitham Brook Primary SchoolGood
- #15Bowerhill Primary SchoolGood
- #16Box Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #17Bratton Primary SchoolGood
- #18Brinkworth Earl Danby's Church of England PrimaryGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,952 (2024-25)
149th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #147Shaw CE Primary School£5,954
- #148St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge£5,954
- #149Box Church of England Primary School£5,952
- #150Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£5,928
- #151Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£5,922
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