St Peter's CofE Academy
Lord's Mead, Chippenham, SN14 0LL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- THE BLUE KITE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Gordon Nunn
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bristol
- Sponsor
- The Blue Kite Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 185
- URN
- 141274
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01249653537
About this school
St Peter's CofE Academy is a Church of England primary academy in Chippenham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 185 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected St Peter's CofE Academy, 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
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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 33 | 20 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 35% | 48% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 50% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 70% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 65% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 101.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
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 St Peter's CofE Academy 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 | 61% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 35% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 48% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 189 |
| 2023/24 | 186 |
| 2024/25 | 196 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Peter's CofE Academy compares
St Peter's CofE Academy ranked 135th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 19% 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 | 48% | 4.9% | 15.3% | 185 | — |
| Frogwell Primary School | 33% | 6.8% | 43.3% | 159 | 0.2 miles |
| Queen's Crescent School | 72% | 4.4% | 11.6% | 411 | 0.4 miles |
| Redland Primary School | 68% | 5.1% | 21.4% | 291 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 50% | 3.7% | 20.1% | 165 | 0.8 miles |
| Ivy Lane Primary School | 64% | 5.3% | 11% | 451 | 0.9 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)
- 15.31%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.87%
- Persistent absence
- 7.87%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Frogwell Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Chippenham
-
Queen's Crescent School0.4 miles
Primary · Chippenham
-
Redland Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Chippenham
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Chippenham
-
Ivy Lane Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chippenham
Other schools in Chippenham
St Peter's CofE Academy ranks 16th 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 ages does St Peter's CofE Academy teach?
- St Peter's CofE Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chippenham.
- Who is the headteacher of St Peter's CofE Academy?
- The headteacher of St Peter's CofE Academy is Mr Gordon Nunn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has St Peter's CofE Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Peter's CofE Academy, 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 St Peter's CofE Academy?
- St Peter's CofE Academy has 185 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is St Peter's CofE Academy full?
- St Peter's CofE Academy has capacity for 210 pupils and 185 on roll (88%), 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 St Peter's CofE Academy a faith school?
- Yes. St Peter's CofE Academy is designated Church of England, in the Diocese of Bristol.
- Does St Peter's CofE Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records St Peter's CofE Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Is St Peter's CofE Academy part of an academy trust?
- St Peter's CofE Academy is part of THE BLUE KITE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have St Peter's CofE Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 48% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Peter's CofE Academy compare with other schools in Wiltshire?
- St Peter's CofE Academy ranked 135th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 19% 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 St Peter's CofE Academy's absence rate?
- St Peter's CofE Academy's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Peter's CofE Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Peter's CofE Academy'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.