Aloeric Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Melksham, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.266 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Aloeric 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 27 April 2022. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Aloeric 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 | 1.266 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 42% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 1.266 miles, 46th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 3.68 miles).
- There were 30 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 20.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.4% 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
- St Michael's Road, Melksham, SN12 6HN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 360 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 April 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this inclusive school.”
- “Strong pastoral provision is in place.”
- “Parents are extremely positive about the care the school provides.”
To improve
- “However, in some wider curriculum areas in key stage 2, the key knowledge that pupils need to know and understand has not been identified.”
- “Assessment is not always used precisely enough to identify gaps in some pupils’ subject-specific knowledge.”
- “For example, in geography, some pupils have gaps in their understanding of the differences between human and physical geography.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 2022 (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) | 42% | 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: 30 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.
- The Manor CofE VC Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- River Mead School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bowerhill Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Shaw CE Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published