Schools in Melksham
Melksham is a west Wiltshire town with 11 schools, including 9 primaries and one secondary — Melksham Oak Community School. Ten of the 11 schools operate as academies. Two schools are currently at or above capacity. Wiltshire Council coordinates secondary applications via the common application form, though each academy manages its own oversubscription criteria.
Five schools carry a faith designation, including Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School and Seend Church of England Primary School, which serve surrounding villages. For community and academy primaries in Melksham, straight-line distance is the most common tiebreaker after statutory priorities. Melksham Oak Community School is a large school drawing from Melksham town and outlying villages including Atworth and Whitley; families on the edge of the catchment should confirm their address qualifies before listing it as first preference.
School demand in Melksham
Across the 9 schools in Melksham with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 86%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Melksham have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
10 of the schools in Melksham are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Wiltshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
4 of the schools in Melksham have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Melksham: 2 oversubscribed (9)
River Mead School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Melksham · SN12 7ED
Seend Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Melksham · SN12 6NJ
Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Melksham · SN12 7GN
Aloeric Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Melksham · SN12 6HN
Bowerhill Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Melksham · SN12 6YH
Shaw CE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Melksham · SN12 8EQ
St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Melksham · SN12 8PR
The Manor CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Melksham · SN12 7NG
Churchfields, the Village School
Primary · Academy converter
Melksham · SN12 8HY
Secondary Schools in Melksham (1)
Other Schools in Melksham (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Melksham are set by Wiltshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.