Nursteed Community Primary School

About Nursteed Community Primary School

Nursteed Community Primary School received a Requires Improvement rating from Ofsted in its most recent graded inspection in 2023, a downgrade from the Good rating it had held since at least its previous inspection in 2011. The school’s most telling academic metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard attainment: just 52% of pupils reached this benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits below the Wiltshire local authority average of 58%, placing the school 102nd out of 201 primary schools in the county. While the school’s overall effectiveness, quality of education, personal development, and behaviour and attitudes were all judged to require improvement, inspectors did note that early years provision remains Good. The school’s ranking score of 52 places it in the bottom half of primary schools nationally, at the 74th percentile.

Looking more closely at the breakdown, individual subject results tell a mixed story. In reading, 68% of pupils met the expected standard and the average scaled score was 103, while in writing 80% reached the expected level. Maths saw 64% at the expected standard with an average score of 102. However, the proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard across all three subjects was just 4%, and only 16% reached the higher standard in maths specifically. The school’s Progress 8 scores are not available, so it is difficult to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. With 25.8% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with above-average disadvantage, which may partly contextualise the attainment figures. The school’s capacity is 210, and it currently has 186 pupils on roll, leaving some spare places.

Nursteed Community Primary School offers a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, library, art studios, music rooms, and playing fields. Sports on offer include athletics, cricket, netball, swimming, and tennis, while clubs such as coding, science club, and eco club provide enrichment. The school has a strong SEND provision, supporting pupils with moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 39 applications were received for 17 places, with all 17 first-preference applicants offered a place, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.29. This suggests the school is popular locally despite its Ofsted rating. Families considering Nursteed should weigh its academic challenges against its inclusive SEND support and broad extracurricular offer.

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