The Manor CofE VC Primary School
General Information
- Address: Ruskin Avenue, Melksham, SN12 7NG – View on map
- Phone: 01225700150
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Michael Park
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 13 families put it first for 13 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 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 54
- % eligible for free school meals: 46.2%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 12% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 31.4% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 70% moved to another school, 30% 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: 6.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 11.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 48% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 37% against an expected 51%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 37%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 60% · Writing 60% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 40%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
- Based on: 25 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 133rd of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =133St Peter's CofE Academy48%
- =133The Corsham Regis Primary Academy48%
- =133The Manor CofE VC Primary School48%
- =139Newtown Community Primary School47%
- =139St Martin's CofE Primary School47%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,286 (2024-25)
20th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #18Luckington Community School£9,684
- #19Broad Town Church of England Primary School£9,487
- #20The Manor CofE VC Primary School£9,286
- #21River Mead School£9,227
- #22St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Bromham£9,194
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