Cluster Coordinator: Catherine Brentnall
About this cluster
Within the Tidworth Music Cluster there were 11 schools (local authority maintained and academies) in the 2021-22 academic year – one secondary, one infant, one junior and 8 primaries.
The cluster’s schools are situated in the town of Tidworth and surrounding rural villages. One of the primary phase schools is a ‘small school’ (less than 120 children on roll).
Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2019 data shows relatively low levels of deprivation in the area. One Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) ranks in the 4th highest decile for overall deprivation nationally, with all others in the least 50% of LSOAs for overall deprivation. There have been significant increases of service personnel based in the Tidworth area, with large increases in service family accommodation, since 2015 IMD data was published.
One school in the cluster had higher than the national average of pupils eligible for Free School Meals (Ludgershall Castle Primary n=79, 27.3%) and the majority had very low levels of FSM pupils. All schools in the clusters schools had significant numbers of pupils eligible for Service Pupil Premium:
- Clarendon Infant School (n=231, 76%)
- Clarendon Junior School (n=246, 78.6%)
- Netheravon All Saints Primary School (57, 37.5%)
- Collingbourne Primary School (21, 20.6%)
- Wellington Academy (537, 52.4%)
- Wellington Lions Primary Academy (175, 62.1%)
- Wellington Eagles Primary Academy (1143, 80.3%)
- Kiwi Primary School (n=370, 94.4%)
- Larkhill Primary School (192, 92.3%)
- Zouch Academy (276, 67.3%)
- Ludgershall Castle Primary n=35, 12.1%)
Only one school has numbers of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) which were notably higher than the national average – Netheravon All Saints (n=36, 23.7% receiving SEN support).