St George's Catholic Primary School, Warminster

About St George's Catholic Primary School, Warminster

St George's Catholic Primary School in Warminster is a small state primary with 89 pupils on roll, well below its capacity of 210. Its headline Key Stage 2 metric — the percentage of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths — sits at 61%, which is three percentage points above the Wiltshire local authority average of 58% for primary schools. That places it 70th out of 201 primaries in the county, or roughly in the top third. However, the school's overall Ofsted rating is Requires Improvement, a grade it has held across both its most recent inspections (the latest being in November 2023). The picture is mixed: inspectors rated behaviour and attitudes, and personal development, as Good, but quality of education, leadership and management, and early years provision all remain Requires Improvement. For a school with a Roman Catholic character and a headteacher who has been in post since at least the last inspection, the gap between solid exam outcomes and a middling Ofsted rating is worth noting.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 11% of pupils achieved the higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined, while 61% met the expected standard in all three. In individual subjects, reading and writing both saw 78% of pupils reach the expected level, with maths slightly lower at 72%. Average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 105 in maths, both a touch above the national average of 100. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is hard to say how much value the school adds relative to starting points. In the local rankings, the school sits in the bottom 50% nationally (54th percentile) but around the middle of the South West region (48th percentile). Compared with the top-performing primaries in Wiltshire — such as Stanton St Quintin or Holy Trinity — St George's is clearly not an academic powerhouse, but its results are broadly in line with or slightly ahead of the typical LA primary.

The school offers a range of facilities including playing fields, a sports hall, a sensory room and a chapel, which reflects its Catholic foundation. Sports on offer include cricket, football, tennis and swimming, and there is a decent selection of clubs: chess, book club, gardening, art club, choir and drama. For pupils with additional needs, the school provides support for moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication difficulties, and autistic spectrum disorder. Admissions for 2025/26 show the school was oversubscribed: 12 applications for 5 places, with 4 first-preference offers made from 4 first-preference applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.4. This suggests local demand is strong despite the Requires Improvement rating. St George's would suit families who prioritise a small, faith-based setting with a broad club offer and who are comfortable with a school that is still working through its improvement journey.

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