Monkton Park Primary School
Sadlers Mead, Chippenham, SN15 3PN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Steve Rafferty
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 252
- URN
- 126188
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01249652395
About this school
Monkton Park Primary School is a community primary school in Chippenham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 252 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 2 April 2025, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 38 | 38 | 36 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 71% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 11% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 79% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 79% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 68% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - | - |
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 Monkton Park 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 | 66% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 262 |
| 2023/24 | 259 |
| 2024/25 | 262 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Monkton Park Primary School compares
Monkton Park Primary School ranked 90th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 4.1% | 13.7% | 252 | — |
| Charter Primary School | — | — | — | 184 | 0.6 miles |
| Ivy Lane Primary School | 64% | 5.3% | 11% | 451 | 0.6 miles |
| Kings Lodge Primary School | — | — | — | 298 | 0.9 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 50% | 3.7% | 20.1% | 165 | 0.9 miles |
| St Paul's Primary School | 38% | 6.2% | 35% | 175 | 1.0 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.74%
- English as an additional language
- 7.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.1%
- Persistent absence
- 6.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Charter Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Chippenham
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Ivy Lane Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Chippenham
-
Kings Lodge Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chippenham
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chippenham
-
St Paul's Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Chippenham
Other schools in Chippenham
Monkton Park Primary School ranks 10th of the 20 ranked primary schools in Chippenham.
- Brinkworth Earl Danby's Church of England Primary Primary
- By Brook Valley CofE Primary School Primary
- Charter Primary School Primary
- Christian Malford CofE Primary School Primary
- Colerne CofE Primary School Primary
- Frogwell Primary School Primary
- Hullavington CofE Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Ivy Lane Primary School Primary
- Kings Lodge Primary School Primary
- Kington St Michael Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lacock Church of England Primary School Primary
- Langley Fitzurse Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Monkton Park Primary School teach?
- Monkton Park Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chippenham.
- Who is the headteacher of Monkton Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of Monkton Park Primary School is Mr Steve Rafferty, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Monkton Park Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Monkton Park Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Monkton Park Primary School?
- Monkton Park Primary School has 252 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Monkton Park Primary School full?
- Monkton Park Primary School has capacity for 270 pupils and 252 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Monkton Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Monkton Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Monkton Park Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Monkton Park Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Monkton Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Monkton Park Primary School rank locally?
- Monkton Park Primary School ranked 90th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Monkton Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Monkton Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Monkton Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Monkton Park 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 30 June 2026.