Pewsey Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wilcot Road, Pewsey, SN9 5EJ – View on map
- Phone: 01672562083
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Gilbert
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 18 families put it first for 18 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: 25
- % eligible for free school meals: 18.7%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.4% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 48% moved to another school, 52% 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: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 76% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 17 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 70% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 70%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 79% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 108
- Based on: 29 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: 27th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =22St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury77%
- =22The Minster CofE Primary School77%
- #27Pewsey Primary School76%
- =28Minety Church of England Primary School75%
- =28Pitton Church of England Primary School75%
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78th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #76Paxcroft Primary SchoolGood
- #77Pembroke Park Primary SchoolGood
- #78Pewsey Primary SchoolGood
- #79Pitton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #80Preshute Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,098 (2024-25)
43rd of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #41Bratton Primary School£8,187
- #42Wilton CofE Primary School£8,186
- #43Pewsey Primary School£8,098
- #44Seend Church of England Primary School£8,067
- #45Seagry Church of England Primary School£8,031
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