Walwayne Court School
Brook Road, Trowbridge, BA14 9DU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sharon Turley
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 239
- URN
- 126289
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01225776886
About this school
Walwayne Court School is a community primary school in Trowbridge. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 239 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Walwayne Court School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 42 | 42 | 37 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 40% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 5% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 76% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 55% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 62% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.60 | - | - |
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 Walwayne Court 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 | 48% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 258 |
| 2023/24 | 251 |
| 2024/25 | 246 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Walwayne Court School compares
Walwayne Court School ranked 109th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 4.8% | 11% | 239 | — |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge | 55% | 4.4% | 15.2% | 300 | 0.4 miles |
| Newtown Community Primary School | 47% | 4.2% | 26.3% | 161 | 0.5 miles |
| Studley Green Primary School | 36% | 5.8% | 53.5% | 211 | 0.7 miles |
| The Grove Primary School | 67% | 3.9% | 18.9% | 378 | 1.0 miles |
| Willowbrook Primary School | 38% | 6.7% | 52.6% | 85 | 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)
- 10.98%
- English as an additional language
- 15.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.8%
- Persistent absence
- 9.05%
Location
Nearby schools
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St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge0.4 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
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Newtown Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
Studley Green Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
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The Grove Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
Willowbrook Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
Other schools in Trowbridge
Walwayne Court School ranks 9th of the 18 ranked primary schools in Trowbridge.
- Bellefield Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Castle Mead School Primary
- Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Holbrook Primary School Primary
- Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Keevil CofE Primary School Primary
- Newtown Community Primary School Primary
- North Bradley CofE Primary School Primary
- Paxcroft Primary School Primary
- Southwick Church of England Primary School Primary
- St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington Primary
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Walwayne Court School teach?
- Walwayne Court School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Trowbridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Walwayne Court School?
- The headteacher of Walwayne Court School is Mrs Sharon Turley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Walwayne Court School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Walwayne Court 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 Walwayne Court School?
- Walwayne Court School has 239 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Walwayne Court School full?
- Walwayne Court School has capacity for 300 pupils and 239 on roll (80%), 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 Walwayne Court School a faith school?
- No. Walwayne Court School has no designated religious character.
- Does Walwayne Court School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Walwayne Court School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Walwayne Court School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Walwayne Court School compare with other schools in Wiltshire?
- Walwayne Court School ranked 109th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Walwayne Court School's absence rate?
- Walwayne Court School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Walwayne Court School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Walwayne Court 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.