Seend Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Melksham, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.754 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Seend Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Melksham, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2022. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Seend Church of England 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 | 2.754 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 2.754 miles away, the 77th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 4 first-choice applications for 4 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
- With 71 pupils on roll in January 2026, there were 17.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20 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
- 24 School Road, Seend, Melksham, SN12 6NJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 71 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 December 2022
Strengths
- “Seend Church of England Primary has a caring ethos.”
- “Adults teach pupils to be kind and respectful.”
- “Pupils are polite, courteous and well mannered.”
To improve
- “However, leaders rightly recognise that assessment in some subjects is not yet implemented well as in others.”
- “Where this is the case, teachers do not build on what pupils already know and can do.”
- “However, some express frustration with aspects of the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 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) | 60% | 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: 4 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 4 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.
- Bowerhill Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Keevil CofE Primary School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Aloeric Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Manor CofE VC Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rowde CofE Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- River Mead School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published