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The Springfields Academy

Special schoolAges 4–19Academy

Calne, SN11 0DS · Wiltshire local authority

Calne’s School Grade D− better than 4% of towns in England

How full
267 pupils
100% of its 267 places
Free school meals
40%
40 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Springfields Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 40% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, April 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (SN11 0) sold for a median £320,000; Calne’s is £272,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 31 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools The Springfields beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 5.5

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Wiltshire avg 45.7

20304050607080England avg 47.3The Springfields 5.5

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Wiltshire avg 44%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%The Springfields 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
4
2024/25
4.1
2025/26
5.5

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.46: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 12 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
5England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
5.7England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths7%
England’s schools 66% · Wiltshire 64% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

241 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
1.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
98.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
55.4%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 16%Boys 84%
Its letter

No letter for The Springfields Academy

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting April 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionExceptional
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingExceptional
Leadership and governanceExceptional
Early yearsStrong standard

Before the report card: Graded inspection: Good, March 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Springfields Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in SN11 0, the school’s postcode sector

Calne property prices →
£320,000
median sale, 370 sales in 36 months · Calne £272,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025SN11 0Calne
SN11 0Calne

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£430K
Semi-detached
£281K
Terraced
£230K
Flat
£162K
SN11 0Calne

Homes in SN11 0 sell for well over Calne’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

6 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDC−DDC+DThe Springfields Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Calne, SN11 0DS

The Springfields Academy: common questions

What is The Springfields Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (April 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near The Springfields Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, SN11 0, sold for a median £320,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (370 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Calne’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.