Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School
Westminster Road, Salisbury, SP2 7DG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Blanche Hannah Easthope
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Salisbury
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 221
- Pupils on roll
- 214
- URN
- 126411
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01722336459
About this school
Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School is a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Salisbury. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 214 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 32 | 32 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 69% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 16% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 94% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 84% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 84% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.40 | - | - |
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 Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) 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 | 66% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 218 |
| 2023/24 | 221 |
| 2024/25 | 217 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School compares
Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School ranked 74th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 4.7% | 15.7% | 214 | — |
| Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School | 69% | 5.2% | 17.3% | 225 | 0.3 miles |
| Pembroke Park Primary School | 53% | 5.6% | 38.6% | 191 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury | 70% | 5.7% | 15.9% | 346 | 0.8 miles |
| Wyndham Park Infants' School | — | 5.6% | 11.5% | 227 | 0.9 miles |
| Bemerton St John Church of England Primary | 70% | 4.6% | 13% | 208 | 0.9 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)
- 15.67%
- English as an additional language
- 17.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.7%
- Persistent absence
- 9.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Salisbury
-
Pembroke Park Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Salisbury
-
St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury0.8 miles
Primary · Salisbury
-
Wyndham Park Infants' School0.9 miles
Primary · Salisbury
-
Bemerton St John Church of England Primary0.9 miles
Primary · Salisbury
Other schools in Salisbury
Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School ranks 20th 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 ages does Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School teach?
- Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Salisbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School?
- The headteacher of Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School is Mrs Blanche Hannah Easthope, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) 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 many pupils are at Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School?
- Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School has 214 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School full?
- Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School has capacity for 221 pupils and 214 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School is designated Church of England, in the Diocese of Salisbury.
- Does Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School compare with other schools in Wiltshire?
- Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School ranked 74th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School's absence rate?
- Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) 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.