Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: The Butts, Lydiard Millicent, Swindon, SN5 3LR – View on map
- Phone: 01793770571
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Andrew Farmer
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 33 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were 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 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
- % eligible for free school meals: 5.0%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 29.4% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 68% moved to another school, 32% 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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 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: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 49% against an expected 70%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 78% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
- Based on: 27 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 57th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =52Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School68%
- =57Brinkworth Earl Danby's Church of England Primary67%
- =57Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School67%
- =57St Thomas 67%
- =57The Grove Primary School67%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
62nd of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #60Ludgershall Castle Primary SchoolGood
- #61Ludwell Primary SchoolGood
- #62Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #63Malmesbury Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #64Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £4,558 (2024-25)
168th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #166Bowerhill Primary School£5,244
- #167Sutton Benger Church of England Primary School£4,694
- #168Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School£4,558
- #169Westbury Leigh CofE Primary School£4,265
- #170Amesbury Archer Primary School£4,047
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