Dauntsey Academy Primary School
General Information
- Address: Sandfield, West Lavington, Devizes, SN10 4HY – View on map
- Phone: 01380813373
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Philippa Winbolt
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 25 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 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Christian
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 16
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.8%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.5% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 61% moved to another school, 39% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2020 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 52% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 56% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 65% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 68%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 103
- Based on: 31 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: 122nd of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =120Pembroke Park Primary School53%
- =120Wellington Lions Primary Academy53%
- #122Dauntsey Academy Primary School52%
- =123Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary School50%
- =123Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School50%
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34th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #32Crockerton CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #33Crudwell CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #34Dauntsey Academy Primary SchoolGood
- #35Dilton Marsh CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #36Downton CofE VA Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,481 (2024-25)
109th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #107The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy£6,507
- #108Aloeric Primary School£6,484
- #109Dauntsey Academy Primary School£6,481
- #110St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton£6,464
- #111Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,441
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