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Schools in Wiltshire

255 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Wiltshire has 237 state schools: 201 primary, 28 secondary. Between them they teach around 66,707 pupils. 207 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.5 out of 10, and 7 score 8 or above.

28 have a sixth form. 34 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.

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Wiltshire covers several towns — jump straight to the schools in yours.

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 63 schools Shaftesbury 8 schools Trowbridge 23 schools Warminster 15 schools Westbury 9 schools
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 · Inadequate 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 · Requires improvement Burbage Primary School Marlborough · Good By Brook Valley CofE Primary School Chippenham · Not judged Castle Mead School Trowbridge · Good Chafyn Grove School Salisbury 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 · Requires improvement Christian Malford CofE Primary School Chippenham · Requires improvement Churchfields, the Village School Melksham · Good Clarendon Infants' School 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 · Requires improvement 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 Godolphin School 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 · Good 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 · Good Horningsham Primary School WARMINSTER · Good Hullavington CofE Primary and Nursery School Chippenham · Good Ivy Lane Primary School Chippenham · Good 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 · Good 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 · Good 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 · Good 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 · Requires improvement 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 · Good 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 · Good 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 · Good 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 · Good 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 · Requires improvement 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 · Good 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 · Good 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 · Good 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 · Good Willowbrook Primary School Trowbridge · Good 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

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 Infants' School 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.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Test date 2026-09-26
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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).

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