Box Church of England Primary School
High Street, Box, Corsham, SN13 8NF
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Box Church of England Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Ms Jo French
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bristol
- Constituency
- North Wiltshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 175
- Pupils on roll
- 162
- URN
- 126302
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
About this school
Box Church of England Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Corsham. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 162 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Box Church of England Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 22 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.90 | - |
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 Box Church of England 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 | 73% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 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 | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 162 |
| 2023/24 | 162 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Box Church of England Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.8% | 1.9% | 162 | — |
| Box Church of England Primary School | 73% | 4% | 1.4% | 144 | 0.0 miles |
| Colerne CofE Primary School | 79% | 3.7% | 6% | 212 | 1.8 miles |
| Neston Primary School | 62% | 4.6% | 10% | 195 | 2.2 miles |
| Bathford Church School | 72% | 4.3% | 5.8% | 138 | 2.4 miles |
| Churchfields, the Village School | — | — | — | 121 | 2.7 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 1.9%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 3.8%
- Persistent absence
- 5.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Box Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Corsham
-
Colerne CofE Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Chippenham
-
Neston Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Neston, Corsham
-
Bathford Church School2.4 miles
Primary · Bath
-
Churchfields, the Village School2.7 miles
Primary · Melksham
Other schools in Corsham
- Box Church of England Primary School Primary
- Corsham Primary School Primary
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corsham Primary
- The Corsham Regis Primary Academy Primary
- The Corsham School Secondary
- Heywood Prep Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Box Church of England Primary School teach?
- Box Church of England Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Corsham.
- Has Box Church of England Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Box Church of England 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 many pupils are at Box Church of England Primary School?
- Box Church of England Primary School had 162 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Box Church of England Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Box Church of England Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Box Church of England 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 10 July 2024.