Neston Primary School
Church Rise, Neston, Corsham, SN13 9SX
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Neston Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Gary Risdale
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 179
- URN
- 126186
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
About this school
Neston Primary School was a community primary school in Neston, Corsham. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 179 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Neston Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 25 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 92% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.50 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Neston Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wiltshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 197 |
| 2023/24 | 179 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Neston Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.1% | 7.3% | 179 | — |
| Neston Primary School | 62% | 4.6% | 10% | 195 | 0.0 miles |
| Corsham Primary School | 65% | 5.2% | 13.2% | 651 | 1.4 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corsham | 63% | 5.8% | 16.2% | 184 | 1.4 miles |
| Churchfields, the Village School | — | — | — | 121 | 1.5 miles |
| The Corsham Regis Primary Academy | 48% | 7.6% | 49.2% | 119 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7.3%
- English as an additional language
- 1.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.1%
- Persistent absence
- 13.9%
Location
Nearby schools
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Neston Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Neston, Corsham
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Corsham Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Corsham
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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corsham1.4 miles
Primary · Corsham
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Churchfields, the Village School1.5 miles
Primary · Melksham
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The Corsham Regis Primary Academy1.7 miles
Primary · Corsham
Other schools in Neston, Corsham
- Neston Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Neston Primary School teach?
- Neston Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Neston, Corsham.
- Has Neston Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Neston Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Neston Primary School?
- Neston Primary School had 179 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Neston Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Neston Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Neston Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2024.