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Best secondary schools in Wiltshire

26 of 31 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Wiltshire schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 26 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 South Wilts Grammar School Salisbury grammar 0.79 Good oversubscribed 1.46 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School Salisbury grammar 0.55 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.36 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 St Laurence School Bradford-on-Avon hidden gem 0.45 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 St John's Marlborough Marlborough 0.36 Not judged oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Malmesbury School Malmesbury hidden gem 0.34 Outstanding about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 St Augustine's Catholic College Trowbridge 0.33 Good improving about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Lavington School Devizes 0.32 Good improving oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Devizes School Devizes 0.27 Not judged undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Matravers School Westbury 0.16 Good improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Hardenhuish School Chippenham 0.14 Good oversubscribed 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 Kingdown School Warminster hidden gem 0.13 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 The Corsham School Corsham 0.13 Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Swindon 0.08 Not judged about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 The Trafalgar School at Downton Salisbury hidden gem -0.02 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 The Clarendon Academy Trowbridge -0.06 Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Bradon Forest School Swindon hidden gem -0.08 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 The John of Gaunt School Trowbridge -0.09 Good improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 Sheldon School Chippenham hidden gem -0.1 Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
19 The Wellington Academy Ludgershall hidden gem -0.13 Good improving about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 Avon Valley Academy Salisbury -0.18 Not judged about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 Kingsbury Green Academy Calne -0.24 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
22 Wyvern St Edmund's Academy Salisbury -0.3 Not judged about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 Melksham Oak Community School Melksham hidden gem -0.32 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 The Stonehenge School Amesbury hidden gem -0.42 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Sarum Academy Salisbury hidden gem -0.62 Good improving about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 St Joseph's Catholic School Salisbury -0.64 Requires improvement declining undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Wiltshire

5 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Wiltshire, not a fairer one.

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