Ludwell Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Shaftesbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.433 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Ludwell Primary School is a primary school in Shaftesbury, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Ludwell 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 | 2.433 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 2.433 miles, the 70th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 3.68 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 16 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 14 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 19 of the 27 applications (70%) came from families living outside Wiltshire, and 11 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 35% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, lowest of 8 schools: this one and 7 of the 8 nearest Wiltshire primary schools 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
- Coronation Drive, Ludwell, Shaftesbury, SP7 9ND
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 89 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from high-quality pastoral care.”
- “They respond well to the school’s clear expectations for their behaviour.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning through the school’s enquiry curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the school has not identified or sequenced the knowledge pupils need to learn with enough precision.”
- “As a result, this limits the depth of knowledge that pupils acquire in these subjects.”
- “However, sometimes, staff do not adapt the learning for some pupils with SEND well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 2024 (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) | 35% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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.
- Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wardour Catholic Primary School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury 5.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John's 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School 7.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Mere School 8.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broad Chalke CofE Primary School 8.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dinton CofE Primary School 8.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published