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King's Gate Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Great Amber Way, Amesbury, Salisbury SP4 7GD · kingsgate.wilts.sch.uk · 01980 669777
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wiltshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 211
- 1 over 210 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 14.7%
- First language not English
- 5.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- King Alfred Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 45 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 67% 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 | 30 | 45 | 1.5▲ | 67% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 47 | 1.6▲ | 64% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 27% 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 | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▲27% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●107 | 105 | |
Ofsted
King's Gate Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 63
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied