Redland Primary School
Brook Street, Chippenham, SN14 0JE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Headteachers
- Mrs Veronika Joy
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 291
- URN
- 126260
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01249651623
About this school
Redland Primary School is a community primary school in Chippenham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 291 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Redland Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected 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 | 44 | 41 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 61% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 5% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 88% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 68% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 78% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.30 | - | - |
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 Redland 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 | 59% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 294 |
| 2023/24 | 290 |
| 2024/25 | 285 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Redland Primary School compares
Redland Primary School ranked 53rd of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 5.1% | 21.4% | 291 | — |
| Frogwell Primary School | 33% | 6.8% | 43.3% | 159 | 0.4 miles |
| St Peter's CofE Academy | 48% | 4.9% | 15.3% | 185 | 0.4 miles |
| Ivy Lane Primary School | 64% | 5.3% | 11% | 451 | 0.5 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 50% | 3.7% | 20.1% | 165 | 0.6 miles |
| Queen's Crescent School | 72% | 4.4% | 11.6% | 411 | 0.7 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.4%
- English as an additional language
- 7%
- Overall absence
- 5.13%
- Persistent absence
- 11.24%
Location
Nearby schools
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Frogwell Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Chippenham
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St Peter's CofE Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Chippenham
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Ivy Lane Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Chippenham
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Chippenham
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Queen's Crescent School0.7 miles
Primary · Chippenham
Other schools in Chippenham
Redland Primary School ranks 5th 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 ages does Redland Primary School teach?
- Redland Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chippenham.
- Who is the acting headteachers of Redland Primary School?
- The acting headteachers of Redland Primary School is Mrs Veronika Joy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Redland Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Redland 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 many pupils are at Redland Primary School?
- Redland Primary School has 291 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Redland Primary School full?
- Redland Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 291 on roll (92%), 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 Redland Primary School a faith school?
- No. Redland Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Redland Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Redland Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Redland Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Redland Primary School compare with other schools in Wiltshire?
- Redland Primary School ranked 53rd of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Redland Primary School's absence rate?
- Redland Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Redland Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Redland 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.