Queen's Crescent School
Windsor Close, Chippenham, SN14 0QT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PICKWICK ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr James Essam
- Sponsor
- Pickwick Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 411
- URN
- 141272
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01249460190
About this school
Queen's Crescent School is a primary academy in Chippenham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 411 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
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
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 68% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 20% | 12% | 15% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 78% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 82% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 75% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.00 | - | - |
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 Queen's Crescent 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 | 73% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 405 |
| 2023/24 | 417 |
| 2024/25 | 415 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Queen's Crescent School compares
Queen's Crescent School ranked 38th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 4.4% | 11.6% | 411 | — |
| Frogwell Primary School | 33% | 6.8% | 43.3% | 159 | 0.3 miles |
| St Peter's CofE Academy | 48% | 4.9% | 15.3% | 185 | 0.4 miles |
| Redland Primary School | 68% | 5.1% | 21.4% | 291 | 0.7 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 50% | 3.7% | 20.1% | 165 | 0.7 miles |
| Ivy Lane Primary School | 64% | 5.3% | 11% | 451 | 1.0 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)
- 11.57%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.37%
- Persistent absence
- 7.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Frogwell Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Chippenham
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St Peter's CofE Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Chippenham
-
Redland Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Chippenham
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Chippenham
-
Ivy Lane Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Chippenham
Other schools in Chippenham
Queen's Crescent School ranks 4th 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 Queen's Crescent School teach?
- Queen's Crescent School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chippenham.
- Who is the headteacher of Queen's Crescent School?
- The headteacher of Queen's Crescent School is Mr James Essam, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Queen's Crescent School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queen's Crescent 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 Queen's Crescent School?
- Queen's Crescent School has 411 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Queen's Crescent School full?
- Queen's Crescent School has capacity for 420 pupils and 411 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Queen's Crescent School a faith school?
- No. Queen's Crescent School has no designated religious character.
- Does Queen's Crescent School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Queen's Crescent School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Queen's Crescent School?
- Queen's Crescent School is part of PICKWICK ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Queen's Crescent School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Queen's Crescent School rank locally?
- Queen's Crescent School ranked 38th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Queen's Crescent School's absence rate?
- Queen's Crescent School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Queen's Crescent School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queen's Crescent 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.