Horningsham Primary School
Church Street, Horningsham, Warminster, BA12 7LW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Odele Lapham
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 84
- Pupils on roll
- 68
- URN
- 126199
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01985844342
About this school
Horningsham Primary School is a community primary school in Warminster. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 68 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | - | 89% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | - | 100% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | - | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | - | 100% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | - | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | - | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.10 | - | - |
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 Horningsham 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 | 44% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 89% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73 |
| 2023/24 | 72 |
| 2024/25 | 70 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Horningsham Primary School compares
Horningsham Primary School ranked 5th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 100% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 89% | 2.2% | 4.3% | 68 | — |
| Crockerton CofE Primary School | 56% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 97 | 2.6 miles |
| Princecroft Primary School | — | — | — | 249 | 3.5 miles |
| Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 68% | 5.5% | 11.5% | 153 | 3.7 miles |
| The Minster CofE Primary School | 77% | 3.1% | 6.7% | 210 | 3.8 miles |
| Chapmanslade Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | 99 | 4.0 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 4.29%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 2.18%
- Persistent absence
- 0%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Crockerton CofE Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Warminster
-
Princecroft Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Warminster
-
Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School3.7 miles
Primary · Warminster
-
The Minster CofE Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Warminster
-
Chapmanslade Church of England Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · Westbury
Other schools in Warminster
Horningsham Primary School ranks 1st of the 11 ranked primary schools in Warminster.
- Crockerton CofE Primary School Primary
- Heytesbury Church of England Primary School Primary
- Mere School Primary
- New Close Primary School Primary
- Princecroft Primary School Primary
- Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- St George's Catholic Primary School, Warminster Primary
- St John's CofE School Primary
- The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre Primary
- The Minster CofE Primary School Primary
- Whitesheet Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Horningsham Primary School teach?
- Horningsham Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Warminster.
- Who is the headteacher of Horningsham Primary School?
- The headteacher of Horningsham Primary School is Mrs Odele Lapham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Horningsham Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Horningsham 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 Horningsham Primary School?
- Horningsham Primary School has 68 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Horningsham Primary School full?
- Horningsham Primary School has capacity for 84 pupils and 68 on roll (81%), 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 Horningsham Primary School a faith school?
- No. Horningsham Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Horningsham Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Horningsham Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Horningsham Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 44% in 2022/23 and 89% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Horningsham Primary School rank locally?
- Horningsham Primary School ranked 5th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 100% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Horningsham Primary School's absence rate?
- Horningsham Primary School's overall absence rate is 2.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Horningsham Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Horningsham 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 15 July 2026.