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St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Lindsay Clough

location_onDevizes, SN10 4NT

language Visit Website phone 1380813436

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2018

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Students

117

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Expected Standard

86%

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Demand Ratio

1.3x

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St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington is a Voluntary controlled school primary school in Devizes, serving ages 2-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Demand is above capacity (1.3×) — apply through your local authority on time. Ranks in the top 4% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington is a voluntary controlled school in Devizes, Wiltshire, admitting pupils aged 2-11. The school has approximately 117 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 14% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #18 of 189 primaries in Wiltshire and #4,015 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.3× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 29.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 9.1%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

86%

LA 57%England 61%

Reading86% LA 74% · Eng 74%

Writing100% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths86% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

112

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

77%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading92% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing77% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths92% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

3.8

Read

LA 0.5

0.2 to 7.3

-0.8

Write

LA -0.1

-4.2 to 2.7

2.2

Maths

LA -0.9

-1.2 to 5.5

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 63%England 65%

Reading69% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing94% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths69% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.5

Read

LA 0.1

-4.5 to 1.6

2.1

Write

LA -0.4

-0.7 to 4.9

-2.7

Maths

LA -0.8

-5.3 to -0.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 62%

Reading83% LA 76%

Writing92% LA 77%

Maths75% LA 72%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.6

Read

LA 0.2

-0.9 to 6.1

2.7

Write

LA -0.5

-0.7 to 6.1

-0.1

Maths

LA -0.9

-3.3 to 3.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 May 2024

Inspection Report

17 October 2018

Inspection Report

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11 March 2015

Inspection Report

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11 June 2014

Inspection Report

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25 June 2013

Inspection Report

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11 April 2013

Inspection Report

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16 March 2010

Inspection Report

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30 November 2007

Inspection Report

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30 November 2006

Inspection Report

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26 March 2001

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2018-10-17

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2015-03-11

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-04-11

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 136 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	136	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	126	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	122	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	123	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	117	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	106	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	116	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	110	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	109	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	99	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	95	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	87	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	98	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	98	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	93	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	98	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	91	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	85	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	87	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	83	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	79	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	80	1	1.2%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	72	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	66	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Church of England)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Funding & Staffing

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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