Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
General Information
- Address: Church Road, Derry Hill, Calne, SN11 9NN – View on map
- Phone: 01249812139
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Hayley Roberts
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 28 families put it first for 28 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 10 · 2024 11 · 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: 18
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.7%
- 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: 15.4% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 63% moved to another school, 37% 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: 7.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 52% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 62% · Writing 76% · Maths 66% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
- Average test scores: reading 101, maths 101
- Based on: 29 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 98th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =91St Sampson's Church of England Primary School60%
- =98Broad Chalke CofE Primary School59%
- =98Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School59%
- =100Ridgeway Farm CofE Academy58%
- =100Zouch Academy58%
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134th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #132Charter Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #133Christian Malford CofE Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #134Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #135Five Lanes Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #136Frogwell Primary SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,928 (2024-25)
150th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #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
- #152All Cannings Church of England Primary School£5,864
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