Nursteed Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Brickley Lane, Devizes, SN10 3BF – View on map
- Phone: 01380730538
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Hannah Duffy
- 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 8 · 2024 9 · 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: 46
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.3%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 23.9% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 14% moved to another school, 86% 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: 5.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 28.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 28 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 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 Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
- Achievement Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing Needs attention
- Early years Needs attention
- Leadership and governance Needs attention
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Requires improvement (2023). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 43% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points below the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 48% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 48%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 61% · Writing 64% · Maths 50% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 57%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 101
- Based on: 28 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 145th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =142The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy45%
- =145Ludgershall Castle Primary School43%
- =145Nursteed Community Primary School43%
- =145St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Malmesbury43%
- =145Wellington Eagles Primary Academy43%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,618 (2024-25)
101st of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #99Woodborough Church of England Primary School£6,641
- #100Bishops Cannings Church of England Primary School£6,625
- #101Nursteed Community Primary School£6,618
- #102St Michael's CofE Aided Primary£6,598
- #103St Nicholas Church of England Primary School£6,597
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