Box Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Corsham · SN13 8NF · Wiltshire
Ages 4–11
- FSM4.2%
1.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextURN 126316
Colerne CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Chippenham · SN14 8DU
Ages 4–11 · 212 pupils · Wiltshire
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
KS2 expected (RWM)
65%
Overall absence
3.8%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Inspection date
2023-05-08
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)65%
Higher standard (RWM)8%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.0%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 216
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
29
Places offered
29
1st-preference offers
29
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 39
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 29
- Applications from outside LA
- 7
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 2
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill79%
212 pupils · 270 places
- Pupils on roll
- 212
- Boys / girls
- 115 / 97
- School capacity
- 270
- Capacity fill
- 212 / 270 (79%)
- Free school meals
- 6.1%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bristol
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Solomon
Location
- Address
- Quarry Lane, Colerne
- Postcode
- SN14 8DU
- Town
- Chippenham
- County
- Wiltshire
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- District
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Chippenham, Wiltshire, 212 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 6.1%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Bristol.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Marshfield Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Chippenham · SN14 8NY · South Gloucestershire
Ages 4–11
- KS288%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM4.0%
- Demand1.10
2.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Solomon
- Telephone
- 01225742367