Primary school in Melksham, Wiltshire
Churchfields, the Village School
Bradford Road, Atworth, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 8HY
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 29 September 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 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
- 121
- Places
- 154
- How full
- 79% full — 121 of 154 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 66 / 55
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Wiltshire 021A, 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
- 39%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 13%
- Households owning their home
- 76%
- Households in social housing
- 11%
- Households with no car
- 9%
- Adults economically inactive
- 48%
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
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- PALLADIAN ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Simon Futcher
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Ward
- Holt
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- URN
- 150829
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neston Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 62% | 1.5 mi |
| Shaw CE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 69% | 1.7 mi |
| St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 86% | 2 mi |
| Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2024 | 63% | 2.4 mi |
| Corsham Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 65% | 2.7 mi |
| Box Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2019 | 73% | 2.7 mi |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, CorshamVoluntary aided school | Good 2022 | 63% | 2.8 mi |
| Heywood PrepOther independent school | No grade | — | 3.1 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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