Primary school

Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Wiltshire
  • SP5 3BD
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Sep 2021

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,187 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 15%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 83%83%2016/17: top 75%2017/18: top 52%2018/19: top 83%2022/23: top 34%2023/24: top 28%2024/25: top 15%No exams

Against South West

Expected standard, RWM79% · South West 62%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM7% · South West 6%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score107 · South West 105Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score108 · South West 104Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 38% · 21 pupils · South West 53%2016/17: 52% · 27 pupils · South West 62%2017/18: 67% · 21 pupils · South West 65%2018/19: 52% · 27 pupils · South West 66%2022/23: 67% · 24 pupils · South West 59%2023/24: 71% · 21 pupils · South West 61%2024/25: 79% · 29 pupils · South West 62%79%38%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 21 pupils · South West 4%2016/17: 4% · 27 pupils · South West 8%2017/18: 5% · 21 pupils · South West 8%2018/19: 4% · 27 pupils · South West 9%2022/23: 17% · 24 pupils · South West 6%2023/24: 10% · 21 pupils · South West 6%2024/25: 7% · 29 pupils · South West 6%17%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 102 · 21 pupils · South West 1032016/17: 104 · 27 pupils · South West 1042017/18: 107 · 21 pupils · South West 1052018/19: 104 · 27 pupils · South West 1052022/23: 106 · 24 pupils · South West 1052023/24: 107 · 21 pupils · South West 1052024/25: 107 · 29 pupils · South West 105107102No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 99 · 21 pupils · South West 1032016/17: 104 · 27 pupils · South West 1042017/18: 104 · 21 pupils · South West 1042018/19: 103 · 27 pupils · South West 1052022/23: 106 · 24 pupils · South West 1042023/24: 107 · 21 pupils · South West 1042024/25: 108 · 29 pupils · South West 10410899No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
11 of 11 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1111
2nd70
3rd00

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Goodas predecessor
  4. 2017Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2021Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2022Ungraded visitas predecessor

3 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision

2 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026119
Free school meals (past 6 years)14.2%
First language not English7.1%
SEN support11.3%
EHC plan5.0%
Absence (sessions missed)4.9%
Persistently absent pupils9.4%

Girls 53.2%Boys 46.8%

56.7% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.5
Pupils per adult10.0
  • Classroom teachers 6.6
  • Leadership 0.6
  • Teaching assistants 4.6
  • Other support 1

Teachers 7.2 FTE · Whole workforce 12.8 · 33 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,383
Spend per pupil£6,787
Staff spend per pupil£5,567
Reserve per pupil£631
  • +£89,000revenue reserve
  • −£57,000in-year balance

Grants £6,787 · self-generated £305 · premises £191 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: PICKWICK ACADEMY TRUST (21 academies) · trust reserve £2,271,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it