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Schools in the Wiltshire local authority

Wiltshire has 266 schools listed on OfferDay across 28 towns.

201 primary schools · 28 secondary schools · 2 sixth forms and colleges · 16 special and alternative provision schools · 18 independent schools · 1 other establishment

About schools in Wiltshire

Most of the 266 schools listed in Wiltshire are primary schools. Its 28 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at two sixth forms and colleges.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
59%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 178 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
45.9
average Attainment 8 score, across the 32 schools with published results

Top schools in Wiltshire

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington 100%
  2. 2 Stanton St Quintin Primary and Nursery School 100%
  3. 3 The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy 92%
  4. 4 Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary School 91%
  5. 5 Horningsham Primary School 89%
  6. 6 Broad Hinton Church of England Primary School 86%
  7. 7 St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School 86%
  8. 8 St. Peter's CE Primary Academy 85%

Secondary

  1. 1 South Wilts Grammar School 77.0
  2. 2 Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School 73.1
  3. 3 St Laurence School 54.5
  4. 4 St Augustine's Catholic College 51.4
  5. 5 Royal Wootton Bassett Academy 51.0
  6. 6 St John's Marlborough 50.9
  7. 7 Lavington School 50.3
  8. 8 Malmesbury School 49.8

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Wiltshire.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Wiltshire

How many schools are in Wiltshire?
OfferDay lists 266 schools in Wiltshire, including 201 primary schools and 28 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Wiltshire?
Every school in Wiltshire is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
Which are the best schools in Wiltshire?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Wiltshire does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Wiltshire local authority?
OfferDay groups the Wiltshire schools across 28 towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.