The Mead Community Primary School
Hackett Place, Hilperton, Trowbridge, BA14 7GN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EQUA MEAD LEARNING TRUST
- Head of School
- Mark Stenton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 540
- Pupils on roll
- 489
- URN
- 138133
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01225759273
About this school
The Mead Community Primary School is a primary academy in Trowbridge. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 489 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Mead Community 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 74 | 70 | 72 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 51% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 67% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 60% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 60% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
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 The Mead 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 | 54% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 532 |
| 2023/24 | 519 |
| 2024/25 | 496 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Mead Community Primary School compares
The Mead Community Primary School ranked 111th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 4.7% | 9.1% | 489 | — |
| Castle Mead School | 60% | 5.5% | 23.8% | 357 | 0.6 miles |
| Paxcroft Primary School | — | — | — | 276 | 0.6 miles |
| Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 55% | 4.9% | 15.8% | 130 | 0.7 miles |
| Bellefield Primary and Nursery School | 41% | 6.4% | 26.6% | 317 | 0.9 miles |
| Willowbrook Primary School | 38% | 6.7% | 52.6% | 85 | 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
-
Ungraded inspection report26 February 2025
- 12 November 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 9.09%
- English as an additional language
- 13.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.69%
- Persistent absence
- 9.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Castle Mead School0.6 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
Paxcroft Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
Bellefield Primary and Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
Willowbrook Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
Other schools in Trowbridge
The Mead Community Primary School ranks 10th of the 18 ranked primary schools in Trowbridge.
- Bellefield Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Castle Mead School Primary
- Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Holbrook Primary School Primary
- Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Keevil CofE Primary School Primary
- Newtown Community Primary School Primary
- North Bradley CofE Primary School Primary
- Paxcroft Primary School Primary
- Southwick Church of England Primary School Primary
- St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington Primary
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Mead Community Primary School teach?
- The Mead Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Trowbridge.
- Who is the head of school of The Mead Community Primary School?
- The head of school of The Mead Community Primary School is Mark Stenton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Mead Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Mead 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 many pupils are at The Mead Community Primary School?
- The Mead Community Primary School has 489 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is The Mead Community Primary School full?
- The Mead Community Primary School has capacity for 540 pupils and 489 on roll (91%), 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 The Mead Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. The Mead Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Mead Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records The Mead Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is The Mead Community Primary School part of an academy trust?
- The Mead Community Primary School is part of EQUA MEAD LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Mead Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Mead Community Primary School compare with other schools in Wiltshire?
- The Mead Community Primary School ranked 111th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Mead Community Primary School's absence rate?
- The Mead Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Mead Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Mead 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 1 July 2026.