Frogwell Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Chippenham, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.265 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Frogwell Primary School is a primary school in Chippenham, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Frogwell 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 | 1.265 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 1.265 miles away, the 45th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 3.68 miles).
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 43.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire is 16.8%.
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
- Derriads Lane, Chippenham, SN14 0DG
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 159 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “Frogwell Primary School is a friendly place where staff warmly welcome pupils into school each day.”
- “Extra support for those who find coming to school difficult is helping pupils to attend more regularly.”
- “The school has raised its expectations of what pupils can achieve.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum is not always delivered well enough to ensure that pupils gain a deep body of knowledge.”
- “Pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “However, the school is at an early stage of implementing its improved curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 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) | 33% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- St Peter's CofE Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Queen's Crescent School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Redland Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ivy Lane Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Charter Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monkton Park Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published