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Amesbury Archer Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Shears Drive, Archers Gate, Amesbury SP4 7XX · amesburyarcher.wilts.sch.uk · 01980 625944
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2021
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 56%
- 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
- 403
- 96% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 24.1%
- First language not English
- 4.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 43 families put the school first and 49 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 | 49 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 51 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 49 | 34 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ▼56% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 133775)
Ofsted
Amesbury Archer Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 9 June 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 133775), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective - Mar 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133775)
Jan 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133775)
Feb 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133775)
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 63
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (27%) with SEND