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Marden Vale CofE Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
William Street, Calne SN11 9BD · mardenvale.dsat.org.uk · 01249 813505
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 48%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wiltshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 146
- 55% of 266 places
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 56.2%
- First language not English
- 8.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 13 families put the school first and 14 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 17 | 13 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 48% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Wiltshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼48% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Marden Vale CofE Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 19 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 19 Sept 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2021
Other inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Oct 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
Jun 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective - Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Jan 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
- Sept 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
- Mar 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Jun 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Not effective
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 32
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied