St Paul's Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chippenham, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.799 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Paul's Primary School is a primary school in Chippenham, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Paul's Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.799 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.799 miles away, the 21st shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- 32% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wiltshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Oaks, Chippenham, SN15 1DU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 175 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Having a sense of belonging is at the heart of this school.”
- “Staff support all pupils to make a difference and to feel part of the school community.”
- “They help pupils to realise the school’s vision of showing ‘kindness, creativity and pride’ in their work and in their actions.”
To improve
- “Published outcomes do not reflect how well prepared current pupils are for the next stage in their education.”
- “However, on some occasions and in some subjects, activities do not support pupils to develop their understanding of concepts or deepen their curriculum knowledge.”
- “As a result, pupils do not secure their knowledge as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 38% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 20 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wiltshire.
- Ivy Lane Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Redland Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monkton Park Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Frogwell Primary School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Langley Fitzurse Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Charter Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published