Broad Town Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Broad Town, Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 7RE – View on map
- Phone: 01793731395
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Bridget Long
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 8 families put it first for 8 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: 2023 11 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 4
- % eligible for free school meals: 9.1%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.4% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 44% moved to another school, 56% 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: 4.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 45.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 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: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 63% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 112
- Based on: 8 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 77th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =73Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School64%
- =73Southbroom St James Academy64%
- =77Broad Town Church of England Primary School63%
- =77Clarendon Junior School (Clarendon Federation)63%
- =77Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School63%
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20th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #18Brinkworth Earl Danby's Church of England PrimaryGood
- #19Broad Hinton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #20Broad Town Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #21Castle Mead SchoolGood
- #22Chapmanslade Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,487 (2024-25)
19th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #17Frogwell Primary School£9,745
- #18Luckington Community School£9,684
- #19Broad Town Church of England Primary School£9,487
- #20The Manor CofE VC Primary School£9,286
- #21River Mead School£9,227
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