Five Lanes CofE VC Primary School
High Street, Devizes, SN10 5SE
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Five Lanes 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
- Miss Sarah-Jane Chalker
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 47
- URN
- 133233
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
About this school
Five Lanes CofE VC Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Devizes. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 47 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Five Lanes CofE VC Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2006, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | - | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | - | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 54% | - | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | - | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | - | - |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.00 | - | - |
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 Five Lanes CofE VC 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56 |
| 2023/24 | 43 |
| 2024/25 | 47 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Five Lanes CofE VC Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.8% | 27.7% | 47 | — |
| Five Lanes Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | 47 | 0.0 miles |
| The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy | 92% | 3% | 4% | 150 | 2.3 miles |
| Wansdyke School | 54% | 4.1% | 17% | 237 | 2.9 miles |
| Seend Church of England Primary School | 60% | 4% | 13.6% | 71 | 2.9 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes | 24% | 8.2% | 43.3% | 165 | 3.1 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)
- 27.66%
- English as an additional language
- 6.4%
- Overall absence
- 3.81%
- Persistent absence
- 9.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Five Lanes Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Devizes
-
The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy2.3 miles
Primary · Devizes
-
Wansdyke School2.9 miles
Primary · Devizes
-
Seend Church of England Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Melksham
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes3.1 miles
Primary · Devizes
Other 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
- Nursteed Community 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
Common questions
- What ages does Five Lanes CofE VC Primary School teach?
- Five Lanes CofE VC Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Devizes.
- Has Five Lanes CofE VC Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Five Lanes CofE VC 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 Five Lanes CofE VC Primary School?
- Five Lanes CofE VC Primary School had 47 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- What are Five Lanes CofE VC Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Five Lanes CofE VC 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 31 August 2025.