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Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,193Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136500URN

Exeter Street, Salisbury, SP1 2ED · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
close to Wiltshire median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WiltshireSelective

249 applications for 157 places · 14th of 27 in Wiltshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
73.5of 90
2nd of 27 in Wiltshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 15 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
close to Wiltshire median (1.6) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

249 applications · 157 places offered · 213 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.6; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.5; Wiltshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.6; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  4. 2023 1.6; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.5; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.1; Wiltshire median median 2.4
  7. 2020 1.5; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.3; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 1.3; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.3; Wiltshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.3; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261572491.62131.36
Sep 20251572351.52141.36
Sep 20241572491.62131.36
Sep 20231592461.62121.33
Sep 20221582361.52031.28
Sep 20211593392.12671.68
Sep 20201592361.52061.30
Sep 20191592081.31881.18
Sep 20181602121.31791.12
Sep 20171602121.31791.12
Sep 20161221761.41481.21
Sep 20151291781.41581.22
Sep 20141191601.31481.24

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

158 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)73.52nd of 27 in Wiltshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths98%2nd of 27 in Wiltshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Wiltshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.55
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15873.598%100%–
2024/2515773.197%99%–
2023/2415572.396%99%+0.55
2022/2315571.994%99%+0.55

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

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  • 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
136500 · 865/5413
Trust
Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,193 on roll
Free school meals
3.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2011
Replaced
Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School (URN 126508)
Address
Exeter Street, Salisbury, SP1 2ED
Local authority
Wiltshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources