The Manor CofE VC Primary School
Ruskin Avenue, Melksham, SN12 7NG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Park
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The White Horse Federation
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 336
- Pupils on roll
- 121
- URN
- 146348
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01225700150
About this school
The Manor CofE VC Primary School is a primary academy in Melksham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 121 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
- 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 | 32 | 30 | 25 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 25% | 40% | 48% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 44% | 50% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 41% | 60% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 38% | 33% | 40% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 99.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 99.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.10 | - | - |
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 Manor CofE VC 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 | 25% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 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 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 178 |
| 2023/24 | 151 |
| 2024/25 | 133 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Manor CofE VC Primary School compares
The Manor CofE VC Primary School ranked 133rd 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 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48% | 6.6% | 51.1% | 121 | — |
| River Mead School | 38% | 6.9% | 45.4% | 261 | 0.3 miles |
| Aloeric Primary School | 42% | 5.5% | 21.9% | 360 | 0.5 miles |
| Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School | 77% | 4.6% | 15.9% | 460 | 0.8 miles |
| Bowerhill Primary School | 65% | 4.8% | 19.2% | 378 | 1.3 miles |
| Shaw CE Primary School | 69% | 4.8% | 14.4% | 189 | 1.6 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)
- 51.13%
- English as an additional language
- 9.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.55%
- Persistent absence
- 15.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
River Mead School0.3 miles
Primary · Melksham
-
Aloeric Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Melksham
-
Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Melksham
-
Bowerhill Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Melksham
-
Shaw CE Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Melksham
Other schools in Melksham
The Manor CofE VC Primary School ranks 6th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Melksham.
- Aloeric Primary School Primary
- Bowerhill Primary School Primary
- Churchfields, the Village School Primary
- Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School Primary
- River Mead School Primary
- Seend Church of England Primary School Primary
- Shaw CE Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School Primary
- Melksham Oak Community School Secondary
- Melksham House School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does The Manor CofE VC Primary School teach?
- The Manor CofE VC Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Melksham.
- Who is the headteacher of The Manor CofE VC Primary School?
- The headteacher of The Manor CofE VC Primary School is Mr Michael Park, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Manor CofE VC Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Manor CofE VC 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 big is The Manor CofE VC Primary School?
- The Manor CofE VC Primary School has 121 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Manor CofE VC Primary School full?
- The Manor CofE VC Primary School has capacity for 336 pupils and 121 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 The Manor CofE VC Primary School a faith school?
- No. The Manor CofE VC Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Manor CofE VC Primary School a selective school?
- No. The Manor CofE VC Primary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Manor CofE VC Primary School?
- The Manor CofE VC Primary 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.
- How have The Manor CofE VC Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 25% 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 The Manor CofE VC Primary School rank locally?
- The Manor CofE VC Primary School ranked 133rd 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 30% 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 Manor CofE VC Primary School's absence rate?
- The Manor CofE VC Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Manor CofE VC Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Manor CofE VC 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 10 July 2026.