# Priestley Primary School

Priestley Primary School is a primary school in Wiltshire, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 282 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E126254. [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 282
- Council: Wiltshire
- URN: 126254

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), July 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 3 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 27% of pupils at Priestley Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Wiltshire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Wiltshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Holy Trinity Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-trinity-church-of-england-academy-e138109): 860 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Marden Vale CofE Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/marden-vale-cofe-academy-e141988): 920 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), September 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-calne-and-st-margarets-prep-e126513): 1 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Kingsbury Green Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingsbury-green-academy-e137650): 1.2 km. Secondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 37.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saint-edmunds-roman-catholic-primary-school-e137426): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Springfields Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-springfields-academy-e145198): 1.4 km. Special. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/126254)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/126254)

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