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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 22 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 22 October 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry266 applications · 158 places offered · 230 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 1.7; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- 2025 1.7; Wiltshire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.6; Wiltshire median median 1.5
- 2023 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.5
- 2022 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- 2021 2.6; Wiltshire median median 2.4
- 2020 1.5; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.5; Wiltshire median median 1.5
- 2018 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- 2017 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- 2015 1.3; Wiltshire median median 1.5
- 2014 1.6; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- This school
- Wiltshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 158 | 266 | 1.7 | 230 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2025 | 160 | 278 | 1.7 | 244 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2024 | 160 | 256 | 1.6 | 208 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2023 | 157 | 220 | 1.4 | 186 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2022 | 151 | 208 | 1.4 | 175 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2021 | 153 | 391 | 2.6 | 277 | 1.81 |
| Sep 2020 | 160 | 232 | 1.5 | 196 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2019 | 160 | 241 | 1.5 | 209 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2018 | 160 | 230 | 1.4 | 201 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2017 | 159 | 222 | 1.4 | 183 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2016 | 150 | 202 | 1.4 | 177 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2015 | 150 | 198 | 1.3 | 172 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2014 | 124 | 199 | 1.6 | 173 | 1.40 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 159 | 76.5 | 100% | 100% | – |
| 2024/25 | 156 | 77.0 | 99% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 160 | 75.0 | 98% | 99% | +0.79 |
| 2022/23 | 157 | 73.2 | 97% | 99% | +0.61 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- South Wilts Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20251.7applications per place 76.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.6 km · WiltshireOutstanding20221.6applications per place 73.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.9 km · WiltshireGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Wiltshire20262.6applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · WiltshireRemains Good20231.5applications per place 32.3Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · WiltshireGood20232.6applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 10.7 km · WiltshireRemains Good20221.6applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 13.6 km · WiltshireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 35.8Attainment 8
- 15.9 km · HampshireStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136391 · 865/5412
- Trust
- South Wilts Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,022 pupils · 1,200 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2011
- Replaced
- South Wilts Grammar School for Girls (URN 126507)
- Address
- Stratford Road, Salisbury, SP1 3JJ
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources