Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Warminster, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.389 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Warminster, Wiltshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Wylye Valley 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 | 7.389 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 7.389 miles away, the 29th longest of the 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 71% was the 2nd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire that have results.
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
- Cherry Orchard, Codford, Warminster, BA12 0PN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 129 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “Wylye Valley school is a caring and warm school.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “Pupils know staff are ambitious for them to do well.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects, leaders have not planned effectively how to check how well pupils understand the curriculum.”
- “Consequently, in some subjects, leaders do not fully understand where pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 2023 (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) | 71% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.
- Heytesbury Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sutton Veny CofE School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School, Warminster 5.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John's 5.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Dinton CofE Primary School 5.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's CofE School 6.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- New Close Primary School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published