Wardour Catholic Primary School
Wardour, Tisbury, SP3 6RF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Dixon
- Diocese
- Diocese of Clifton
- Constituency
- Salisbury
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 95
- URN
- 126430
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01747870537
About this school
Wardour Catholic Primary School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Tisbury. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 95 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 73% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 18% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 73% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 91% | 100% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 109.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
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 Wardour Catholic 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 | 75% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 86 |
| 2023/24 | 86 |
| 2024/25 | 85 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wardour Catholic Primary School compares
Wardour Catholic Primary School ranked 57th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 95 | — |
| St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury | 50% | 5.2% | 31.4% | 104 | 1.8 miles |
| Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 45% | 5.4% | 5.7% | 126 | 2.2 miles |
| Ludwell Primary School | 35% | 3.8% | 18.5% | 89 | 3.2 miles |
| Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John's | — | 5% | 18.2% | 49 | 3.5 miles |
| Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School | 44% | 6% | 28.4% | 333 | 4.1 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.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report12 November 2024
- 4 February 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 3.53%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.49%
- Persistent absence
- 2.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury1.8 miles
Primary · Salisbury
-
Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Shaftesbury
-
Ludwell Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Shaftesbury
-
Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John's3.5 miles
Primary · Salisbury
-
Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School4.1 miles
Primary · Shaftesbury
Common questions
- What year groups does Wardour Catholic Primary School teach?
- Wardour Catholic Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Tisbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Wardour Catholic Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wardour Catholic Primary School is Mrs Emma Dixon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wardour Catholic Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wardour Catholic 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 Wardour Catholic Primary School?
- Wardour Catholic Primary School has 95 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Wardour Catholic Primary School full?
- Wardour Catholic Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 95 on roll (90%), 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 Wardour Catholic Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Wardour Catholic Primary School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Clifton.
- Does Wardour Catholic Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wardour Catholic Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Wardour Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 75% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wardour Catholic Primary School rank locally?
- Wardour Catholic Primary School ranked 57th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wardour Catholic Primary School's absence rate?
- Wardour Catholic Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wardour Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wardour Catholic 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.