St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington
General Information
- Address: Pound Lane, Trowbridge, BA14 6LP – View on map
- Phone: 01380870243
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Emma Hembury
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 10 families put it first for 10 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 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 10
- % eligible for free school meals: 11.5%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 23.4% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 30% moved to another school, 70% 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: 4.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 6.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 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: 100% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 20% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 41 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 84% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 84%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 100% · Writing 100% · Maths 100% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 110
- Based on: 15 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 1st of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =1St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington100%
- =1Stanton St Quintin Primary and Nursery School100%
- #3The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy92%
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96th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #94Southwick Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #95St Bartholomew's Primary AcademyGood
- #96St George's Church of England Primary School, SemingtonGood
- #97St John's Catholic Primary School, TrowbridgeGood
- #98St John's Church of England Primary School, TisburyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,360 (2024-25)
116th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #114Lea and Garsdon Church of England Primary School£6,387
- #115St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corsham£6,370
- #116St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington£6,360
- #117St Michael's Church of England Primary School£6,353
- #118North Bradley CofE Primary School£6,351
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