Lyneham Primary School
Preston Lane, Lyneham, Chippenham, SN15 4QJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- North Wiltshire Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr John Read
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 305
- URN
- 135177
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01249890413
About this school
Lyneham Primary School is a foundation primary school in Chippenham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 305 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
- Strong 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 | 45 | 40 | 36 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 63% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 5% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 73% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 80% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 70% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - | - |
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 Lyneham 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 | 58% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 301 |
| 2023/24 | 337 |
| 2024/25 | 318 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lyneham Primary School compares
Lyneham Primary School ranked 89th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% 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 | 61% | 4.9% | 10.4% | 305 | — |
| Hilmarton Primary School | 50% | 4.1% | 17.9% | 105 | 2.2 miles |
| Wootton Bassett Infants' School | — | 4.6% | 9.8% | 86 | 3.3 miles |
| Brinkworth Earl Danby's Church of England Primary | 67% | 3.8% | 9.3% | 136 | 3.6 miles |
| Noremarsh Junior School | 54% | 4.2% | 14.8% | 169 | 3.6 miles |
| St Bartholomew's Primary Academy | 66% | 4.1% | 18.4% | 398 | 3.8 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
-
Graded inspection report20 January 2026
- 23 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.38%
- English as an additional language
- 29.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.88%
- Persistent absence
- 12.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hilmarton Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Calne
-
Wootton Bassett Infants' School3.3 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
Brinkworth Earl Danby's Church of England Primary3.6 miles
Primary · Chippenham
-
Noremarsh Junior School3.6 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
St Bartholomew's Primary Academy3.8 miles
Primary · Royal Wootton Bassett
Other schools in Chippenham
Lyneham Primary School ranks 9th 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 year groups does Lyneham Primary School teach?
- Lyneham Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chippenham.
- Who is the headteacher of Lyneham Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lyneham Primary School is Mr John Read, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lyneham Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lyneham 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 Lyneham Primary School?
- Lyneham Primary School has 305 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Lyneham Primary School full?
- Lyneham Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 305 on roll (73%), 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 Lyneham Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lyneham Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lyneham Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Lyneham Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Lyneham Primary School?
- Lyneham Primary School is part of North Wiltshire Learning Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Lyneham Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Lyneham Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Lyneham Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lyneham Primary School rank locally?
- Lyneham Primary School ranked 89th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% 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 Lyneham Primary School's absence rate?
- Lyneham Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lyneham Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lyneham 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 1 July 2026.