Lyneham Primary School
General Information
- Address: Preston Lane, Lyneham, Chippenham, SN15 4QJ – View on map
- Phone: 01249890413
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr John Read
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 52 families put it first for 52 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 52 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: 31
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.2%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 30% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.6% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 10% moved to another school, 90% 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: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Speech, language and communication 20 places · 16 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 25 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card January 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
- Achievement Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Expected standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 60% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 81% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 36 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 89th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =83St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton62%
- =83Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School62%
- =89Lyneham Primary School61%
- =89Monkton Park Primary School61%
- =91Castle Mead School60%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,974 (2024-25)
48th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #46Castle Mead School£8,030
- #47Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary School£8,025
- #48Lyneham Primary School£7,974
- #49Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary School£7,958
- #50Hullavington CofE Primary and Nursery School£7,897
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