Priestley Primary School
General Information
- Address: Prince Charles Drive, Calne, SN11 8TG – View on map
- Phone: 01249812608
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Luke Coles
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 35 families put it first for 35 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: 98
- % eligible for free school meals: 34.8%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.8% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 21% moved to another school, 79% 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: 10.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 20 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 19 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
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: 27% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 32 percentage points below the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 46% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 46%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 61% · Writing 67% · Maths 33% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 45%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 97
- Based on: 33 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: 170th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- #168Langley Fitzurse Church of England Primary School30%
- #169St Michael's Church of England Primary School29%
- #170Priestley Primary School27%
- #171Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury25%
- #172St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes24%
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81st of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #79Pitton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #80Preshute Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #81Priestley Primary SchoolGood
- #82Princecroft Primary SchoolGood
- #83Queen's Crescent SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,100 (2024-25)
75th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #73Ramsbury Primary School£7,188
- #74Woodlands Primary School£7,132
- #75Priestley Primary School£7,100
- #76Collingbourne Church of England Primary School£7,060
- #77Sherston CofE Primary School£6,991
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