Queen's Crescent School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Chippenham, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.778 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Queen's Crescent School is a primary school in Chippenham, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Queen's Crescent 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 | 0.778 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 lived 0.778 miles away, the 19th shortest of the 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 3.68 miles.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 70 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 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
- Windsor Close, Chippenham, SN14 0QT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 411 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils say that everyone is welcome at Queen’s Crescent school.”
- “They understand the importance of the ‘golden rules’ and do their best to uphold them.”
- “Relationships between adults and pupils are positive.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the precise knowledge leaders want pupils to know and remember is not clear.”
- “This means that pupils’ knowledge does not build well over time.”
- “In history, for example, some pupils struggle to recall or explain important knowledge about the Roman empire.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 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) | 72% | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Frogwell Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Redland Primary School 0.7 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 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Charter Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Monkton Park Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published