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Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury

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

personMrs Sophie Short

corporate_fareTHE DUNSTAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST

location_onAmesbury, SP4 7LX

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2021

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Expected Standard

25%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Amesbury, serving ages 4-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 99% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury is an academy sponsor led in Amesbury, Wiltshire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of THE DUNSTAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST. The school has approximately 105 pupils on roll, of whom 35% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 25% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #168 of 174 primaries in Wiltshire and #13,833 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2021. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Requires improvement, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.5 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)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

25%

LA 58%

Reading35% LA 73%

Writing40% LA 69%

Maths25% LA 71%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

40%

LA 57%England 61%

Reading65% LA 74% · Eng 74%

Writing45% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths45% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 56%England 60%

Reading-% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing-% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths-% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA 0.5

Write

LA -0.1

Maths

LA -0.9

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2021-10-06

Special Measures S5 ReInspection EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2018-02-20

None EIF

Inadequate

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Inadequate

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

1.0%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.0%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

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

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 105 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.0%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	105	1	1.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	106	0	0.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	119	3	2.5%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	117	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	118	9	7.6%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	114	3	2.6%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	0	2	-	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	0	1	-	0.6%

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

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 20 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 8 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 7 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 3 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Profound & Multiple Learning 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils