Clarendon Infants' School
General Information
- Address: Ordnance Road, Tidworth, SP9 7QD – View on map
- Phone: 01980843381
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Pamela Evans
- Age range: 4-7 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 50 families put it first for 61 places – 8 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 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 31
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.1%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 18% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.4% 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.
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: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Hearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilityOther needs 20 places · 20 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 15.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 15 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
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1st of 6 infant schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #1Clarendon Infants' SchoolGood
- #2Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' SchoolGood
- #3Harnham Infants' SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,293 (2024-25)
4th of 7 infant schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #2Wootton Bassett Infants' School£9,765
- #3Westbury Infant School£8,515
- #4Clarendon Infants' School£8,293
- #5Wyndham Park Infants' School£8,131
- #6Harnham Infants' School£6,757
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