By Brook Valley CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: The Street, Yatton Keynell, Chippenham, SN14 7BA – View on map
- Phone: 01249783006
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Henshall
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 25 families put it first for 28 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 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 13
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.3%
- 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: 13.8% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 75% moved to another school, 25% 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: 4.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 66% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (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 68% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 75% · Maths 84% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 88%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- 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: joint 64th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =57Winterslow Church of England Primary School67%
- =64Bitham Brook Primary School66%
- =64By Brook Valley CofE Primary School66%
- =64St Bartholomew's Primary Academy66%
- =67Bowerhill Primary School65%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,103 (2024-25)
133rd of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #131St Sampson's Church of England Primary School£6,117
- #132New Close Primary School£6,109
- #133By Brook Valley CofE Primary School£6,103
- #134Winterslow Church of England Primary School£6,102
- #135Holy Trinity Church of England Academy£6,092
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