King's Gate Primary School

WiltshireFree schools

Great Amber Way, Amesbury, Salisbury, SP4 7GD

Headteacher: Mrs Sasha OwenSchool website ↗Pupils: 199 (capacity: 210)Part of KING ALFRED TRUST
Ofsted Good
Inspected November 2023
Oversubscribed
73% of first-choice applicants offered a place
80%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected November 2023
73%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 7 November 2023Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
80.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
27.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 87%·Writing 93%·Maths 87%All three 80%
Reading
Expected87%
Exceeding73%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected93%
Exceeding27%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected87%
Exceeding47%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
41
How many got their first choice?
30of 41 (73.2%)
How many applied in total?
88

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
7.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
13.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
7.0%
Boys and girls
56%girls·44%boys
111 girls, 88 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 82% (2023/24), currently 80%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2018/19-----
2022/2338.0%6.0%+1.6+2.5+4.2
2023/2482.0%12.0%---
2024/2580.0%27.0%---