Southbroom Infants' School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Devizes, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.319 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Southbroom Infants' School is a primary school in Devizes, Wiltshire for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Southbroom Infants' 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 | 1.319 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 1.319 miles away, the 47th shortest of the 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- At its latest Ofsted inspection (17 June 2025) the outcome was Not judged; the previous graded outcome, from 7 March 2023, was Requires improvement.
- There are 14 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19 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
- The Green, Southbroom Road, Devizes, SN10 5AA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 71 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “This is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “Staff have created an environment where pupils feel valued.”
- “From the Nursery Year, staff build strong relationships with children and their families.”
To improve
- “However, on some occasions, in some subjects, pupils do not have the necessary communication skills to talk about their work.”
- “This means pupils sometimes do not build or deepen their knowledge as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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
- Wansdyke School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nursteed Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rowde CofE Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishops Cannings Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Urchfont Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published