Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury, SP1 1RE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- MAGNA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Mr Bruce Burley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
- Sponsor
- Magna Learning Partnership
- Constituency
- Salisbury
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,400
- Pupils on roll
- 1,337
- URN
- 144388
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01722328565
About this school
Wyvern St Edmund's Academy is a Church of England secondary academy in Salisbury. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,337 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
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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 262 | 276 | 243 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.7 | 42.7 | 42.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.18 -0.35 to 0.00 | -0.30 -0.47 to -0.13 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 42% | 40.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 61.6% | 57.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 25.7% | 15.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wyvern St Edmund's Academy 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 | 42.7 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.7 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.2 | 36.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,328 |
| 2023/24 | 1,331 |
| 2024/25 | 1,335 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wyvern St Edmund's Academy compares
Wyvern St Edmund's Academy ranked 18th of 26 secondary schools in Wiltshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 46% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.2 | 9.8% | 21.9% | 1,337 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic School | 40.4 | 7.3% | 25.1% | 565 | 0.1 miles |
| South Wilts Grammar School | 77 | 4.2% | 2.4% | 1,200 | 1.2 miles |
| Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School | 73.1 | 4.7% | 5.2% | 1,193 | 1.4 miles |
| Sarum Academy | 33.7 | 14% | 40.1% | 747 | 2.8 miles |
| The Trafalgar School at Downton | 44.3 | 8.6% | 15.2% | 808 | 6.2 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.87%
- English as an additional language
- 7.2%
- Overall absence
- 9.82%
- Persistent absence
- 27.17%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Joseph's Catholic School0.1 miles
Secondary · Salisbury
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South Wilts Grammar School1.2 miles
Secondary · Salisbury
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Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School1.4 miles
Secondary · Salisbury
-
Sarum Academy2.8 miles
Secondary · Salisbury
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The Trafalgar School at Downton6.2 miles
Secondary · Salisbury
Other schools in Salisbury
Wyvern St Edmund's Academy ranks 4th of the 7 ranked secondary schools in Salisbury.
- Avon Valley Academy Secondary
- Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School Secondary
- Sarum Academy Secondary
- South Wilts Grammar School Secondary
- St Joseph's Catholic School Secondary
- The Trafalgar School at Downton Secondary
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Wyvern St Edmund's Academy teach?
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Salisbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Wyvern St Edmund's Academy?
- The headteacher of Wyvern St Edmund's Academy is Mr Bruce Burley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wyvern St Edmund's Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wyvern St Edmund's Academy, 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 Wyvern St Edmund's Academy?
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy has 1,337 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Wyvern St Edmund's Academy full?
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy has capacity for 1,400 pupils and 1,337 on roll (96%), 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 Wyvern St Edmund's Academy a faith school?
- Yes. Wyvern St Edmund's Academy is designated Church of England, in the Diocese of Salisbury.
- Is Wyvern St Edmund's Academy a selective school?
- No. Wyvern St Edmund's Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Wyvern St Edmund's Academy?
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy is part of MAGNA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wyvern St Edmund's Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.7 in 2022/23 and 42.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wyvern St Edmund's Academy rank locally?
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy ranked 18th of 26 secondary schools in Wiltshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 46% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wyvern St Edmund's Academy's absence rate?
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy's overall absence rate is 9.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wyvern St Edmund's Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wyvern St Edmund's Academy'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 10 July 2026.