Southbroom Infants' School
The Green, Southbroom Road, Devizes, SN10 5AA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION
- Headteacher
- Miss Tiff Butcher
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The White Horse Federation
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 71
- URN
- 143499
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01380723184
About this school
Southbroom Infants' School is a primary academy in Devizes. It teaches children aged 2 to 7 and has 71 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. 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Southbroom Infants' 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 135 |
| 2023/24 | 98 |
| 2024/25 | 82 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Southbroom Infants' School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.3% | 45.9% | 71 | — |
| Southbroom St James Academy | 64% | 7.3% | 41.7% | 108 | 0.4 miles |
| Wansdyke School | 54% | 4.1% | 17% | 237 | 0.5 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes | 24% | 8.2% | 43.3% | 165 | 0.6 miles |
| The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy | 45% | 5.7% | 32.3% | 192 | 0.7 miles |
| Nursteed Community Primary School | 43% | 5.2% | 26.3% | 182 | 0.7 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.9%
- English as an additional language
- 9.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.28%
- Persistent absence
- 18.37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Southbroom St James Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Devizes
-
Wansdyke School0.5 miles
Primary · Devizes
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes0.6 miles
Primary · Devizes
-
The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Devizes
-
Nursteed Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Devizes
Other schools in Devizes
- All Cannings Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishops Cannings Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chirton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dauntsey Academy Primary School Primary
- Five Lanes Church of England Primary School Primary
- Nursteed Community Primary School Primary
- Rowde CofE Academy Primary
- Southbroom St James Academy Primary
- St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes Primary
- The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Southbroom Infants' School teach?
- Southbroom Infants' School teaches children aged 2 to 7. It is a primary school in Devizes.
- Who is the headteacher of Southbroom Infants' School?
- The headteacher of Southbroom Infants' School is Miss Tiff Butcher, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Southbroom Infants' School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Southbroom Infants' 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 Southbroom Infants' School?
- Southbroom Infants' School has 71 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 7.
- Is Southbroom Infants' School full?
- Southbroom Infants' School has capacity for 210 pupils and 71 on roll (34%), 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 Southbroom Infants' School a faith school?
- No. Southbroom Infants' School has no designated religious character.
- Does Southbroom Infants' School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Southbroom Infants' School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Southbroom Infants' School?
- Southbroom Infants' School is part of THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Southbroom Infants' School's absence rate?
- Southbroom Infants' School's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Southbroom Infants' School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Southbroom Infants' School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 10 July 2026.