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Schools in Wiltshire

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Wiltshire has 237 state schools: 201 primary, 28 secondary. Between them they teach around 68,841 pupils. 208 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.5 out of 10, and 7 score 8 or above.

28 have a sixth form. 37 take children from age three or under. 137 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. 2 are selective and set an entrance test. How the score works.

Good or better
158
of 174 rated
Average score
4.5
out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Wilton CofE Primary School Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ludgershall Castle Primary School Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Sutton Benger Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bratton Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Cherhill CofE School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Lacock Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Langley Fitzurse Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Clarendon Infant School (Clarendon Federation) Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Wiltshire

Primary schools: Catchment areas historically set by parish/town boundary; LA publishes an interactive 'School Admissions Explorer' catchment finder. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Wiltshire entrance test format

The two Wiltshire (Salisbury) grammar schools test separately, both with GL Assessment papers but different structures: 1. Bishop Wordsworth's School (boys) — two papers of about 50 minutes: Verbal Skills (English + verbal reasoning) and Mathematics + Non-Verbal/Spatial Reasoning. Multiple-choice, held at the school in the second half of September. 2. South Wilts Grammar School (girls) — three papers in one sitting with breaks: Mathematics (50 minutes, Year 5 curriculum plus early Year 6), English (45 minutes — linguistic skills, comprehension, spelling, punctuation) and Verbal Reasoning (50 minutes). No non-verbal reasoning. Separate registrations with each school; results arrive in October. A child applying to a Salisbury school and e.g. a Hampshire/Dorset school will face different formats — prepare per school.

Out-of-area applications

Wiltshire's two grammar schools are both in Salisbury and register SEPARATELY: Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School (boys) and South Wilts Grammar School (girls). Each runs its own entrance test — register direct with each school (Bishop Wordsworth's registration historically runs late March to 1 September; check South Wilts' own window), with tests in the second half of September of Year 6. Children living outside Wiltshire can register — the schools draw from south Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset. Apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October. Check each school's oversubscription criteria: both use catchment/priority-area elements, and Bishop Wordsworth's is a Church of England school (check any faith-related criteria in its current policy).

Abbeyfield School Chippenham · Good Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary School Salisbury · Requires improvement All Cannings Church of England Primary School Devizes · Good Aloeric Primary School Melksham · Good Amesbury Archer Primary School Amesbury · Good Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Salisbury Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary School Swindon · Good Avon Valley Academy Salisbury · Not judged Avondale Preparatory School Salisbury Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary School Marlborough · Good Bellefield Primary and Nursery School Trowbridge · Good Bemerton St John Church of England Primary Salisbury · Good Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School Salisbury · Outstanding · Grammar Bishops Cannings Church of England Primary School Devizes · Good Bitham Brook Primary School Westbury · Good Bowerhill Primary School Melksham · Good Box Church of England Primary School Corsham · Good Bradon Forest School Swindon · Good Bratton Primary School Westbury · Good Brinkworth Earl Danby's Church of England Primary Chippenham · Good Broad Chalke CofE Primary School Salisbury · Not judged Broad Hinton Church of England Primary School Swindon · Good Broad Town Church of England Primary School Swindon · Good Brunel College Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School Salisbury Burbage Primary School Marlborough By Brook Valley CofE Primary School Chippenham · Not judged Castle Mead School Trowbridge · Good Chafyn-Godolphin Chapmanslade Church of England Primary School Westbury · Good Charter Primary School Chippenham · Requires improvement Cherhill CofE School Calne · Good Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School Salisbury · Good Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary School Hungerford · Good Chirton Church of England Primary School Devizes · Good Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School Bradford-on-Avon · Good Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury Amesbury Christian Malford CofE Primary School Chippenham · Requires improvement Churchfields, the Village School Melksham · Good Clarendon Infant School (Clarendon Federation) Tidworth · Good Clarendon Junior School (Clarendon Federation) Tidworth · Good Colerne CofE Primary School Chippenham · Good Collingbourne Church of England Primary School Marlborough · Good Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary School Salisbury Corsham Primary School Corsham · Good Cricklade Manor Prep Swindon Crockerton CofE Primary School Warminster · Good Crudwell CofE Primary School Malmesbury · Good Dauntsey Academy Primary School Devizes · Not judged Dauntsey's School Devizes Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Calne · Requires improvement Devizes School Devizes · Not judged Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School Westbury · Good Dinton CofE Primary School Salisbury · Good Downland School Devizes · Good Downton CofE VA Primary School Salisbury · Good Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School Salisbury · Not judged Durrington Church of England Controlled Junior School Salisbury · Good Easton Royal Academy Pewsey · Good Emmaus School Trowbridge Exeter House Special School Salisbury · Good Fairfield Farm College (Fairfield Farm Trust) Westbury · Good Fitzmaurice Primary School Bradford-on-Avon · Good Five Lanes Church of England Primary School Devizes · Requires improvement Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School Melksham · Not judged Frogwell Primary School Chippenham · Requires improvement Fynamore Primary School Calne · Good Gomeldon Primary School Salisbury · Good Great Bedwyn Church of England School Marlborough · Outstanding Great Wishford CofE (VA) Primary School Salisbury · Not judged Greentrees Primary School Salisbury · Not judged Hardenhuish School Chippenham · Good Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School Salisbury Harnham Infants' School Salisbury · Good Heddington Church of England Primary School Calne · Not judged Heytesbury Church of England Primary School Warminster · Not judged Heywood Prep Corsham Hilmarton Primary School Calne · Good Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Trowbridge · Good Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John's Salisbury · Good Holbrook Primary School Trowbridge · Good Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School Trowbridge · Good Holy Trinity Church of England Academy Calne Horningsham Primary School WARMINSTER Hullavington CofE Primary and Nursery School Chippenham · Good Ivy Lane Primary School Chippenham Keevil CofE Primary School Trowbridge · Good Kennet Valley Church of England Aided Primary School Marlborough · Good King's Gate Primary School Salisbury · Good Kingdown School Warminster · Good Kings Lodge Primary School Chippenham Kingsbury Green Academy Calne Kington St Michael Church of England Primary School Chippenham · Not judged Kiwi Primary School Salisbury · Not judged LUMIAR STOWFORD SCHOOL Lacock Church of England Primary School Chippenham · Good Langley Fitzurse Church of England Primary School Chippenham · Good Larkhill Primary School Salisbury · Good Lavington School Devizes · Good Lea and Garsdon Church of England Primary School Malmesbury · Good Leehurst Swan School Longford Church of England Primary School Salisbury · Requires improvement Longleaze Primary School Swindon · Good Luckington Community School Chippenham · Good Ludgershall Castle Primary School Andover · Good Ludwell Primary School Shaftesbury · Good Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School Swindon · Good Lyneham Primary School Chippenham Malmesbury Church of England Primary School Malmesbury · Good Malmesbury School Malmesbury · Outstanding Marden Vale CofE Academy Calne · Requires improvement Marlborough College Wiltshire Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary School Marlborough · Good Matravers School Westbury · Good Melksham Oak Community School Melksham · Good Mere School Warminster · Good Minety Church of England Primary School Malmesbury · Good Monkton Park Primary School Chippenham · Good Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School Salisbury Neston Primary School Neston, Corsham · Good Netheravon All Saints CofE Primary School Salisbury · Good New Close Primary School Warminster · Good Newton Tony Church of England Voluntary Controlled School Salisbury · Not judged Newtown Community Primary School Trowbridge · Good Noremarsh Junior School Swindon · Not judged North Bradley CofE Primary School Trowbridge · Good Nursteed Community Primary School Devizes Oaksey CofE Primary School Malmesbury · Good Oare Church of England Primary School Marlborough · Good Ogbourne CofE Primary School Marlborough · Good Old Sarum Primary School Salisbury · Not judged Oneschool Global Uk Salisbury Campus Salisbury Paxcroft Primary School Trowbridge Pembroke Park Primary School Salisbury · Good Pewsey Primary School Pewsey · Good Pewsey Vale School Pewsey · Requires improvement Pitton Church of England Primary School Salisbury · Good Preshute Church of England Primary School Marlborough · Good Priestley Primary School Calne · Good Princecroft Primary School Warminster Queen's Crescent School Chippenham · Good Ramsbury Primary School Marlborough · Outstanding Redland Primary School Chippenham Ridgeway Farm CofE Academy Swindon · Not judged River Mead School Melksham · Not judged Rowde CofE Academy Devizes · Good Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Swindon · Not judged Rushall Church of England Primary School Pewsey · Good SAIL (Salisbury Academy for Inspirational Learning) Salisbury Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School Calne · Not judged Salisbury Cathedral School Salisbury Salisbury Sixth Form College Salisbury · Good Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School Salisbury · Good Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Warminster · Good Sandroyd School Salisbury Sarum Academy Salisbury · Good Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School Salisbury · Not judged Seagry Church of England Primary School Chippenham · Good Seend Church of England Primary School Melksham · Good Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Shaftesbury · Good Shaw CE Primary School Melksham · Good Sheldon School Chippenham · Good Sherston CofE Primary School Malmesbury Shrewton CofE Primary School Salisbury · Good Silverwood School Devizes · Good Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE Academy Chippenham · Good South Wilts Grammar School Salisbury · Good · Grammar Southbroom Infants' School Devizes · Not judged Southbroom St James Academy Devizes · Good Southwick Church of England Primary School Trowbridge · Good St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock Salisbury St Augustine's Catholic College Trowbridge · Good St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington Devizes · Good St Bartholomew's Primary Academy Royal Wootton Bassett · Good St Francis School Pewsey St George's Catholic Primary School, Warminster Warminster · Requires improvement St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington Trowbridge · Good St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge Trowbridge · Good St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury Salisbury · Good St John's CofE School Warminster St John's Marlborough Marlborough · Not judged St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes Devizes · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Malmesbury Malmesbury · Good St Joseph's Catholic School Salisbury · Requires improvement St Katharine's CofE Primary School Marlborough St Laurence School Bradford-on-Avon · Good St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury Salisbury · Good St Martin's CofE Primary School Salisbury · Inadequate St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School Melksham · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School Chippenham St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton Swindon · Good St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep Calne St Michael's Church of England Primary School Salisbury · Good St Michael's CofE Aided Primary Marlborough · Outstanding St Nicholas Church of England Primary School Salisbury · Good St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Bromham Chippenham · Requires improvement St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury Salisbury · Good St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corsham Corsham · Good St Paul's Primary School Chippenham · Not judged St Peter's CofE Academy Chippenham · Not judged St Sampson's Church of England Primary School Swindon St Thomas à Becket Church of England Aided Primary School Salisbury · Good St. Peter's CE Primary Academy Salisbury · Good Stanton St Quintin Primary and Nursery School Nr. Chippenham · Good Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Trowbridge · Not judged Stonar School Wiltshire Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Salisbury · Good Studley Green Primary School Trowbridge · Good Sutton Benger Church of England Primary School Chippenham · Good Sutton Veny CofE School Sutton Veny · Good The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre Warminster · Good The Clarendon Academy Trowbridge · Good The Corsham Regis Primary Academy Corsham · Good The Corsham School Corsham · Good The Grove Primary School Trowbridge · Good The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy Devizes · Outstanding The John of Gaunt School Trowbridge · Good The Manor CofE VC Primary School Melksham · Not judged The Mead Community Primary School Trowbridge · Good The Minster CofE Primary School Warminster · Good The New Forest Church of England Primary School Wilts · Not judged The Springfields Academy Calne The Stonehenge School Amesbury · Good The Trafalgar School at Downton Salisbury · Good The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy Devizes · Good The Wellington Academy Ludgershall · Good Urchfont Church of England Primary School Devizes Walwayne Court School Trowbridge · Not judged Wansdyke School Devizes Wardour Catholic Primary School Tisbury · Good Warminster School Warminster Wellington Eagles Primary Academy Andover · Requires improvement Wellington Lions Primary Academy Tidworth · Good West Ashton Church of England Primary School Trowbridge · Good Westbury Church of England Junior School Westbury · Requires improvement Westbury Infant School Westbury · Good Westbury Leigh CofE Primary School Westbury · Requires improvement Westwood-with-Iford Primary School Bradford-on-Avon · Not judged Whiteparish All Saints Church of England Primary School Salisbury · Good Whitesheet Church of England Primary Academy Warminster Willowbrook Primary School Trowbridge Wilton CofE Primary School Salisbury · Good Wiltshire College and University Centre Chippenham · Good Winsley CoE VC Primary School Bradford-on-Avon · Good Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School Salisbury Winterslow Church of England Primary School Salisbury · Good Woodborough Church of England Primary School Pewsey · Good Woodford Valley Church of England Aided School Salisbury · Not judged Woodlands Primary School Salisbury · Good Wootton Bassett Infants' School Swindon · Good Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Warminster · Good Wyndham Park Infants' School Salisbury · Not judged Wyvern St Edmund's Academy Salisbury · Not judged Zouch Academy Tidworth · Outstanding

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Andover 36 schools Calne 12 schools Chippenham 30 schools Devizes 20 schools Hungerford 8 schools Malmesbury 8 schools Marlborough 13 schools Melksham 10 schools Salisbury 62 schools Shaftesbury 8 schools Trowbridge 23 schools Warminster 15 schools Westbury 9 schools

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Test date 26 September 2026 (passed)
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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