Lacock Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Chippenham, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.836 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Lacock Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Chippenham, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Lacock Church of England 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 | 3.836 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.836 miles away, the 93rd longest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 8 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 15.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
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
- High Street, Lacock, Chippenham, SN15 2LQ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 65 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at Lacock Church of England Primary School.”
- “‘The Lacock Way’ underpins how pupils behave towards one another and staff.”
- “Pupils are kind and respectful and enormously proud of their school and community.”
To improve
- “However, much of this work has happened relatively recently, so it is more secure in some subjects and classes than in others.”
- “For example, in some subjects, the school does not yet have a system in place to check what pupils have remembered over time.”
- “However, subject leaders do not yet know how effectively the curriculum is being delivered across the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 2024 (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) | 57% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 8 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.
- Shaw CE Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Kings Lodge Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- River Mead School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Charter Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corsham Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corsham 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Manor CofE VC Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published