Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School
Duncan Street, Calne, SN11 9BX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- THE DUNSTAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Biles-Wood
- Diocese
- Diocese of Clifton
- Sponsor
- The Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 76
- URN
- 137426
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01249813821
About this school
Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School is a Roman Catholic primary academy in Calne. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 76 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 28 | 19 | 23 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 42% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 53% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 58% | 43% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 37% | 52% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 99.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.10 | - | - |
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 Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic 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 | 36% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 39% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 168 |
| 2023/24 | 137 |
| 2024/25 | 117 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School compares
Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School ranked 154th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39% | 6.1% | 30.8% | 76 | — |
| Marden Vale CofE Academy | 48% | 7% | 52.1% | 146 | 0.2 miles |
| Fynamore Primary School | 50% | 5.5% | 25.9% | 411 | 0.5 miles |
| Priestley Primary School | 27% | 4.9% | 34.6% | 282 | 0.7 miles |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Academy | 63% | 4.7% | 11.6% | 211 | 1.2 miles |
| Hilmarton Primary School | 50% | 4.1% | 17.9% | 105 | 2.4 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)
- 30.77%
- English as an additional language
- 6%
- Overall absence
- 6.11%
- Persistent absence
- 20.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Marden Vale CofE Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Calne
-
Fynamore Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Calne
-
Priestley Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Calne
-
Holy Trinity Church of England Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Calne
-
Hilmarton Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Calne
Other schools in Calne
Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School ranks 8th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Calne.
- Cherhill CofE School Primary
- Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Fynamore Primary School Primary
- Heddington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hilmarton Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy Primary
- Marden Vale CofE Academy Primary
- Priestley Primary School Primary
- Kingsbury Green Academy Secondary
- The Springfields Academy Academies
- St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School teach?
- Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Calne.
- Who is the headteacher of Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School?
- The headteacher of Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School is Mrs Helen Biles-Wood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic 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 many pupils are at Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School?
- Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School has 76 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School full?
- Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 76 on roll (36%), 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 Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Clifton.
- Does Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School is part of THE DUNSTAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 39% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School compare with other schools in Wiltshire?
- Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School ranked 154th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School's absence rate?
- Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic 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.