Princecroft Primary School
Princecroft Lane, Warminster, BA12 8NT
This school is closed (it closed in April 2025).
It was replaced by Princecroft Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gemma Pierson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 252
- URN
- 126259
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
About this school
Princecroft Primary School was a community primary school in Warminster. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 252 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Princecroft Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 25 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 38% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 8% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 56% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 44% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 44% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 99.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
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 Princecroft 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 | 61% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 218 |
| 2023/24 | 242 |
| 2024/25 | 252 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Princecroft Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 4.1% | 34.7% | 252 | — |
| Princecroft Primary School | — | — | — | 249 | 0.0 miles |
| The Minster CofE Primary School | 77% | 3.1% | 6.7% | 210 | 0.4 miles |
| Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 68% | 5.5% | 11.5% | 153 | 0.4 miles |
| The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre | 41% | 5.8% | 25.4% | 262 | 0.8 miles |
| New Close Primary School | 68% | 4.6% | 15.1% | 172 | 1.1 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)
- 34.69%
- English as an additional language
- 8.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.07%
- Persistent absence
- 6.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Princecroft Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Warminster
-
The Minster CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Warminster
-
Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Warminster
-
The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre0.8 miles
Primary · Warminster
-
New Close Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Warminster
Other schools in Warminster
- Crockerton CofE Primary School Primary
- Heytesbury Church of England Primary School Primary
- Horningsham 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Princecroft Primary School teach?
- Princecroft Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Warminster.
- Has Princecroft Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Princecroft 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 big is Princecroft Primary School?
- Princecroft Primary School had 252 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Princecroft Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Princecroft Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Princecroft 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 8 July 2025.