Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
General Information
- Address: School Lane, Staverton, Trowbridge, BA14 6NZ – View on map
- Phone: 01225782388
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Edward Powe
- Age range: 2-11 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 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: 51
- % eligible for free school meals: 24.3%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 11% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 3.9% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 71% moved to another school, 29% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 53% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 53%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 77% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 66%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 44 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 102nd of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =102Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary School57%
- =102Ogbourne CofE Primary School57%
- =102Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School57%
- =102Walwayne Court School57%
- =110Amesbury Archer Primary School56%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,751 (2024-25)
89th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #87The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy£6,781
- #88Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,756
- #89Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,751
- #90Netheravon All Saints CofE Primary School£6,739
- #91Newtown Community Primary School£6,720
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