Corsham Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Corsham, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.036 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Corsham Primary School is a primary school in Corsham, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Corsham 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 | 6.036 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 6.036 miles away.
- In 2026, Reception had 57 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- The school has 24.6 pupils per teacher, while the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire is 19.2.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
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
- Pound Pill, Corsham, SN13 9YW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 651 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “Corsham Primary is a welcoming school where everyone gets along.”
- “Dedicated staff greet pupils warmly when they arrive.”
- “Most pupils flourish academically and socially because staff provide high levels of care and nurture.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, further work remains to identify the precise ‘sticky knowledge’ pupils need to learn and remember over time.”
- “Despite this, the transfer of reading skills into writing is less developed, especially for disadvantaged pupils.”
- “Some groups of pupils make repeated errors with punctuation, spelling and letter formation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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) | 65% | 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: 57 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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 Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corsham 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Corsham Regis Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Neston Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen's Crescent School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Churchfields, the Village School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lacock Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Frogwell Primary School 2.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Shaw CE Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published