Great Bedwyn Church of England School
General Information
- Address: Farm Lane, Great Bedwyn, Marlborough, SN8 3TR – View on map
- Phone: 01672870482
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Michelle Perrett
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 28 families put it first for 30 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 7 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 13 · 2025 13 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 5
- % eligible for free school meals: 2.4%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20.9% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 3.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 69% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 79% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 79%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 81% · Writing 81% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 26 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 48th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =44St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury70%
- =48Downton CofE VA Primary School69%
- =48Great Bedwyn Church of England School69%
- =48Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School69%
- =48Shaw CE Primary School69%
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1st of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #1Great Bedwyn Church of England SchoolOutstanding
- #2Ramsbury Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #3St Michael's CofE Aided PrimaryOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,035 (2024-25)
141st of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #139Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary School£6,054
- #140Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School£6,043
- #141Great Bedwyn Church of England School£6,035
- #142Bemerton St John Church of England Primary£6,029
- #143Ludgershall Castle Primary School£5,985
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