St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton
General Information
- Address: College Road, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4AR – View on map
- Phone: 01793770239
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Naomi Clarke
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 38 families put it first for 40 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 7 of the 40 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: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 37
- % eligible for free school meals: 11.6%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.7% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 49% moved to another school, 51% 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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 62% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 56% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 72% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 74%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
- Based on: 58 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 83rd of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =83Neston Primary School62%
- =83Southwick Church of England Primary School62%
- =83St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton62%
- =83Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School62%
- =89Lyneham Primary School61%
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102nd of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #100St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, MalmesburyGood
- #101St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #102St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, PurtonGood
- #103St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #104St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,464 (2024-25)
110th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #108Aloeric Primary School£6,484
- #109Dauntsey Academy Primary School£6,481
- #110St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton£6,464
- #111Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,441
- #112Burbage Primary School£6,440
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