Colerne CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Chippenham · SN14 8DU · Wiltshire
Ages 4–11
- KS265%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM6.1%
- Demand1.00
2.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 109168
Marshfield Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Chippenham · SN14 8NY
Ages 4–11 · 125 pupils · South Gloucestershire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
88%
Overall absence
4.0%
Admissions demand
1.10 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-11-20
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)88%
Higher standard (RWM)29%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 110.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.4%
Unauthorised1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 3.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 108
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
1.10 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
22
Places offered
20
1st-preference offers
19
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 30
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 20
- Applications from outside LA
- 13
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 6
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 fill89%
125 pupils · 140 places
- Pupils on roll
- 125
- Boys / girls
- 61 / 64
- School capacity
- 140
- Capacity fill
- 125 / 140 (89%)
- Free school meals
- 4%
- FSM pupils
- 5
- 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
- Mrs Jessica Bolt
Location
- Address
- Chippenham Road, Marshfield
- Postcode
- SN14 8NY
- Town
- Chippenham
- County
- Wiltshire
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- District
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate
- 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, South Gloucestershire, 125 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 4%. 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.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jessica Bolt
- Telephone
- 01225891246