Crockerton CofE Primary School

About Crockerton CofE Primary School

Crockerton CofE Primary School is a small Church of England primary in Wiltshire, currently teaching 94 pupils against a capacity of 104. That leaves a handful of spare places, but the school is clearly in demand: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 22 applications for just 12 places, with all 12 first-preference families offered a spot. The oversubscription ratio sits at 1.83, meaning nearly two families compete for every place. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 5.3%, noticeably lower than the national average for primary schools, which typically sits around 23-24%. This suggests the school draws from a relatively affluent catchment. Headteacher Nic Ilic leads a mixed-gender school for children aged 4 to 11, and the school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in January 2025, confirmed that standards are being maintained at Good across all areas, including behaviour, personal development, and early years provision.

Academically, Crockerton’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. Just 29% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is well below the Wiltshire local authority average of 58%. The school ranks 151st out of 159 primary schools in the county on this measure, placing it in the bottom 50 nationally. Looking at individual subjects, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, the same proportion in writing, and 57% in maths. Average scaled scores were 101 for reading and 100 for maths, both close to the national benchmark of 100. No pupils achieved the higher standard in any of the three subjects. Progress scores are not available for the current cohort, so it is difficult to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The previous Ofsted inspection in 2019 graded the school Outstanding overall, but the current Good rating reflects a more recent assessment.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a library, ICT suite, gymnasium, playing fields, a sensory room, and a chapel. Sports provision covers gymnastics, tennis, dance, athletics, netball and swimming, while clubs include chess, choir, science club, eco club and film club. For children with additional needs, the school lists support for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses from 50 families between September 2024 and September 2025 were largely positive: 92% of respondents said their child is happy at the school, 92% felt their child is safe, and 88% would recommend the school to others. However, 12% said they would not recommend it, and a minority of parents expressed concerns about how concerns are handled and how well the school communicates what children will learn. This is a small, popular village school that suits families who value a Church of England setting and a broad range of activities, but whose academic results currently lag behind the local average.

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