Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school located in Warminster. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 09/10/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in writing are average, progress in maths is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.8%, which is 0.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Sambourne Road, Warminster, BA12 8LF
Website: www.sambourne.wilts.sch.uk
Telephone: 01985212458
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wiltshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Michael Allen (Acting)
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 126374

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 09/10/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 150
Number of Pupils: 124
Number of Boys: 68
Number of Girls: 56

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -0.7 Confidence interval -3.1 to 1.7
Writing
Average: 1 Confidence interval -1.2 to 3.2
Maths
Below Average: -2.6 Confidence interval -4.6 to -0.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:58%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:12%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:100
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Sambourne Road , BA12 8LF 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
The Minster CofE Primary School
Emwell Street , BA12 8JA 		3out of 4 465 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Princecroft Primary School
Princecroft Lane , BA12 8NT 		3out of 4 724 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre
7 The Avenue , BA12 9AA 		3out of 4 976 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
New Close Primary School
30 Imber Road , BA12 9JJ 		1out of 4 1,237 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kingdown School
Woodcock Road , BA12 9DR 		3out of 4 1,811 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Warminster School
Church Street , Warminster BA12 8PJ 		- not rated 720 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Bishopstrow College
Bishopstrow Road , Bishopstrow BA12 9HU 		- not rated 2,520 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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