Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Calne, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.047 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Calne, Wiltshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided 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 | 3.047 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 3.047 miles away, the 81st shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There are 27.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Church Road, Derry Hill, Calne, SN11 9NN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of community at Derry Hill Primary School.”
- “The school is friendly and welcoming.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “However, some changes are in their early stages and the school’s ambition is not yet fully realised.”
- “However, other areas of the English curriculum, beyond phonics, are not yet fully developed.”
- “Here, the curriculum lacks coherence and does not yet ensure that learning is sequential.”
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) | 59% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.
- Fynamore Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Kings Lodge Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Charter Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Marden Vale CofE Academy 2.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Priestley Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkton Park Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published