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Five Lanes Church of England Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
High Street, Five Lanes Primary School, Devizes SN10 5SE · fivelanes.wilts.sch.uk · 01380 723565
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2022/23
- 46%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wiltshire 56%, England 60%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 47
- 52% of 90 places
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 25.5%
- First language not English
- 8.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 2 families put the school first and 2 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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2022/23, 46% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Wiltshire it was 56%, and across England 60%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| hidden | 62% | ||
| hidden | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| hidden | 106 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 133233)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Five Lanes Church of England Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 11 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133233)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 133233), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133233)
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133233)
Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133233)
May 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 133233)