Wansdyke School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Devizes, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.836 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Wansdyke School is a primary school in Devizes, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Wansdyke 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 | 0.836 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.836 miles away, the 25th shortest of the 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- The share of pupils eligible for free school meals is 19.8%, against a middle figure of 25.5% 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
- Downlands Road, Devizes, SN10 5EF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 237 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel welcome and included at this school.”
- “They enjoy learning and say that staff make lessons engaging.”
- “At social times, pupils of different ages, including those who attend the specially resourced provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), play together cooperatively.”
To improve
- “Some pupils with complex medical needs cannot attend school as well as their peers do.”
- “However, occasionally teaching is not adjusted quickly enough in light of pupils' prior learning.”
- “On the rare occasions when this happens, pupils do not acquire new learning as rapidly as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2026 (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) | 54% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Southbroom St James Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained
- Southbroom Infants' School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Nursteed Community Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rowde CofE Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Urchfont Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Five Lanes Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published