Schools in Salisbury

About schools in Salisbury

Salisbury lists 67 schools, most of them primary schools. Its seven secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. 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 42 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

49.8

average Attainment 8 score, across the 8 schools with published results

Primary schools49

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Bemerton St John Church of England Primary

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Broad Chalke CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Dinton CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Downton CofE VA Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Durrington Church of England Controlled Junior School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 7 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Gomeldon Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Great Wishford CofE (VA) Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  0%

  expected standard
• Greentrees Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 7 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Harnham Infants' School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 7

• Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John's

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

• King's Gate Primary School

  Free schools · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Kiwi Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  32%

  expected standard
• Larkhill Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Longford Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  33%

  expected standard
• Netheravon All Saints CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Newton Tony Church of England Voluntary Controlled School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• Old Sarum Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  38%

  expected standard
• Pembroke Park Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Pitton Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Shrewton CofE Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 9

• St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• St Martin's CofE Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• St Michael's Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  29%

  expected standard
• St Nicholas Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• St Thomas à Becket Church of England Aided Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• St. Peter's CE Primary Academy

  Free schools · Ages 4 to 11

  85%

  expected standard
• Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• West Tytherley Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Whiteparish All Saints Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Wilton CofE Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  35%

  expected standard
• Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Winterslow Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Woodford Valley Church of England Aided School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Woodlands Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Wyndham Park Infants' School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 7

Secondary schools7

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Avon Valley Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  34.8

  Attainment 8
• Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys

  73.1

  Attainment 8
• Sarum Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 18

  33.7

  Attainment 8
• South Wilts Grammar School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls

  77.0

  Attainment 8
• St Joseph's Catholic School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  40.4

  Attainment 8
• The Trafalgar School at Downton

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  44.3

  Attainment 8
• Wyvern St Edmund's Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  42.2

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Salisbury Sixth Form College

  Free schools 16 to 19 · Ages 16 to 19

Special schools and alternative provision5

• Appleford School

  Other independent special school · Ages 7 to 18

• Exeter House Special School

  Academy special converter · Ages 2 to 19

• Fountain House Education Suite

  Other independent special school · Ages 6 to 14

• SAIL (Salisbury Academy for Inspirational Learning)

  Free schools special · Ages 4 to 19

• The Spires

  Other independent special school · Ages 6 to 18

Independent schools5

• Avondale Preparatory School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 11

• Chafyn Grove School

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 14

• Oneschool Global Uk Salisbury Campus

  Other independent school · Ages 7 to 18

• Salisbury Cathedral School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 13

• Sandroyd School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 13

Common questions about schools in Salisbury

How many schools does Salisbury have?

OfferDay lists 67 schools in Salisbury, including 49 primary schools and seven secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Salisbury?

Every school in Salisbury 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.

How are schools in Salisbury ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Salisbury where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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.