Churchfields, the Village School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Melksham, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.941 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Churchfields, the Village School is a primary school in Melksham, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Churchfields, the Village 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 | 3.941 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 under one of its admission criteria lived 3.941 miles away.
- Reception 2026 had 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, 1.0 per offer and the 37th highest of 194 Wiltshire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 17.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire; free school meal eligibility is 10.7% (middle figure 13.7%).
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
- Bradford Road, Atworth, Melksham, SN12 8HY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 121 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Neston Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shaw CE Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Corsham Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Box Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corsham 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Aloeric Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published