Nursteed Community Primary School
Brickley Lane, Devizes, SN10 3BF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Hannah Duffy
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 182
- URN
- 132832
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01380730538
About this school
Nursteed Community Primary School is a community primary school in Devizes. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 182 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- 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 | 30 | 25 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 52% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 68% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 64% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 56% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.40 | - | - |
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 Nursteed Community 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 | 50% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 199 |
| 2023/24 | 193 |
| 2024/25 | 186 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Nursteed Community Primary School compares
Nursteed Community Primary School ranked 146th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% 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 | 43% | 5.2% | 26.3% | 182 | — |
| Southbroom St James Academy | 64% | 7.3% | 41.7% | 108 | 0.5 miles |
| Southbroom Infants' School | — | 7.3% | 45.9% | 71 | 0.7 miles |
| The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy | 45% | 5.7% | 32.3% | 192 | 0.8 miles |
| Wansdyke School | 54% | 4.1% | 17% | 237 | 0.9 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes | 24% | 8.2% | 43.3% | 165 | 1.3 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)
- 26.34%
- English as an additional language
- 6.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.17%
- Persistent absence
- 13.41%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Southbroom St James Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Devizes
-
Southbroom Infants' School0.7 miles
Primary · Devizes
-
The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Devizes
-
Wansdyke School0.9 miles
Primary · Devizes
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes1.3 miles
Primary · Devizes
Other schools in Devizes
Nursteed Community Primary School ranks 11th of the 12 ranked primary schools in Devizes.
- All Cannings Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishops Cannings Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chirton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dauntsey Academy Primary School Primary
- Five Lanes Church of England Primary School Primary
- Rowde CofE Academy Primary
- Southbroom Infants' School Primary
- Southbroom St James Academy Primary
- St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes Primary
- The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Nursteed Community Primary School teach?
- Nursteed Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Devizes.
- Who is the head teacher of Nursteed Community Primary School?
- The head teacher of Nursteed Community Primary School is Mrs Hannah Duffy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Nursteed Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Nursteed Community 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 Nursteed Community Primary School?
- Nursteed Community Primary School has 182 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Nursteed Community Primary School full?
- Nursteed Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 182 on roll (87%), 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 Nursteed Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Nursteed Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Nursteed Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Nursteed Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Nursteed Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Nursteed Community Primary School rank locally?
- Nursteed Community Primary School ranked 146th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% 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 Nursteed Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Nursteed Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Nursteed Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nursteed Community 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 30 June 2026.