Holbrook Primary School
General Information
- Address: Holbrook Lane, Trowbridge, BA14 0PS – View on map
- Phone: 01225753708
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Vicki Cottrell
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 22 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 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 59
- % eligible for free school meals: 26.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 12% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 47% moved to another school, 53% 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: 4.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
- Physical disability: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 62% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 69% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 39 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 83rd of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =77St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corsham63%
- =83Heddington Church of England Primary School62%
- =83Holbrook Primary School62%
- =83Neston Primary School62%
- =83Southwick Church of England Primary School62%
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47th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #45Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #46Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John'sGood
- #47Holbrook Primary SchoolGood
- #48Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #49Hullavington CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,668 (2024-25)
97th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #95Redland Primary School£6,672
- #96Crudwell CofE Primary School£6,671
- #97Holbrook Primary School£6,668
- #98Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,646
- #99Woodborough Church of England Primary School£6,641
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