Dauntsey Academy Primary School

About Dauntsey Academy Primary School

Dauntsey Academy Primary School is a state primary in Wiltshire, a local authority with 201 primary schools. It ranks 113th in the county, placing it in the bottom half of Wiltshire primaries. For context, the top-performing nearby peers are Stanton St Quintin Primary and Nursery School, The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy, and Sutton Veny CofE School. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy, just 2.6 km away. Dauntsey itself holds a Good rating from its most recent inspection in 2025, a grade it has maintained consistently across both its inspections. The school is a Christian, mixed-gender primary for pupils aged 4 to 11, with 185 pupils on roll against a capacity of 210. Philippa Winbolt is the headteacher.

Academically, Dauntsey’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show that 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined, which is below the Wiltshire local authority average of 58%. In reading, 67% reached the expected standard and 15% achieved a higher score; in writing, 78% met the expected standard and 15% reached the higher standard; in maths, 70% met the expected standard and 19% achieved the higher score. Average scaled scores were 104 in reading and 103 in maths. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom 50% of primaries, at the 81st percentile. The Ofsted inspection rated all areas as Good, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision.

The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 36 applications for 22 places and 22 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.64. Facilities include playing fields, an outdoor playground, library, art studios, and a chapel. Sports offered are rounders, swimming, cross country, cricket, dance, gymnastics, and athletics, with clubs including choir, coding, film club, drama, and art club. SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses from 83 respondents show 89% would recommend the school, with strong agreement that children are happy (69% strongly agree) and feel safe (73% strongly agree). This school suits families who value a Christian setting, a broad range of clubs and sports, and a school with strong pastoral care, though they should be aware of the below-average KS2 outcomes compared with the local authority.

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