Primary school in Chippenham, Wiltshire
Charter Primary School
Wood Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3EA
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 9 July 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 184
- Places
- 357
- How full
- 52% full — 184 of 357 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 85 / 99
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Wiltshire 014A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 28%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 16%
- Households owning their home
- 66%
- Households in social housing
- 22%
- Households with no car
- 19%
- Adults economically inactive
- 38%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE ATHELSTAN TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Sarah Flack
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Ward
- Chippenham Hardens & Central
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- URN
- 151922
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Lodge Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2021 | — | 0.5 mi |
| Monkton Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 61% | 0.6 mi |
| Ivy Lane Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 64% | 0.7 mi |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 50% | 0.8 mi |
| Redland Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 68% | 1.2 mi |
| Frogwell Primary SchoolFoundation school | Requires improvement 2024 | 33% | 1.4 mi |
| St Paul's Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 38% | 1.4 mi |
| Queen's Crescent SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 72% | 1.5 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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