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Kings Lodge Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Lodge Road, Chippenham SN15 3SY · kingslodge.wilts.sch.uk · 01249 444405
On the mapSearch near SN15 3SY
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2021
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- 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
- 298
- 71% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 10.7%
- First language not English
- 6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Athelstan Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 34 families put the school first and 37 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 | 37 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 126287)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 November 2021, Ofsted’s outcome for Kings Lodge Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 3 Nov 2021
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 126287)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 126287), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 126287)
Mar 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 126287)
What parents said
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Replies
- 13
- 4% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied