Kiwi Primary School
Hubert Hamilton Road, Bulford Camp, Salisbury, SP4 9JY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Eatherington
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 446
- Pupils on roll
- 244
- URN
- 126248
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01980632364
About this school
Kiwi Primary School is a community primary school in Salisbury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 244 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 42 | 45 | 41 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 24% | 24% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 71% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 56% | 54% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 55% | 56% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 99.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Kiwi Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wiltshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 24% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 24% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 32% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 358 |
| 2023/24 | 342 |
| 2024/25 | 307 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kiwi Primary School compares
Kiwi Primary School ranked 167th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32% | 5.4% | 8.4% | 244 | — |
| Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School | 73% | 4.9% | 23.4% | 186 | 1.0 miles |
| Durrington Church of England Controlled Junior School | 48% | 4.6% | 17.9% | 168 | 1.7 miles |
| Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School | — | 5.1% | 2.8% | 91 | 1.8 miles |
| Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 57% | 4.4% | 23.8% | 179 | 2.5 miles |
| Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury | 25% | 9.2% | 35.2% | 91 | 2.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.42%
- English as an additional language
- 17.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.36%
- Persistent absence
- 12.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Salisbury
-
Durrington Church of England Controlled Junior School1.7 miles
Primary · Salisbury
-
Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School1.8 miles
Primary · Salisbury
-
Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Salisbury
-
Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury2.5 miles
Primary · Amesbury
Other schools in Salisbury
Kiwi Primary School ranks 38th of the 40 ranked primary schools in Salisbury.
- Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary School Primary
- Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Bemerton St John Church of England Primary Primary
- Broad Chalke CofE Primary School Primary
- Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School Primary
- Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dinton CofE Primary School Primary
- Downton CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School Primary
- Durrington Church of England Controlled Junior School Primary
- Gomeldon Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Kiwi Primary School teach?
- Kiwi Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Salisbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Kiwi Primary School?
- The headteacher of Kiwi Primary School is Mrs Laura Eatherington, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kiwi Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kiwi Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Kiwi Primary School?
- Kiwi Primary School has 244 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Kiwi Primary School full?
- Kiwi Primary School has capacity for 446 pupils and 244 on roll (55%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Kiwi Primary School a faith school?
- No. Kiwi Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Kiwi Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Kiwi Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Kiwi Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Kiwi Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Kiwi Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 24% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kiwi Primary School rank locally?
- Kiwi Primary School ranked 167th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kiwi Primary School's absence rate?
- Kiwi Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kiwi Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kiwi Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.