South Wilts Grammar School

Salisbury, SP1 3JJ · Wiltshire grammar school

Ofsted: Good Girls
Test board
Consortium: N/A. Wiltshire uses CEM rather than GL Assessment

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2019-10-22)

Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked After/Previously Looked After Children
  2. Pupil premium service — Pupil Premium and/or Service Premium girls meeting the academic standard
  3. Catchment — Girls in the School's catchment area, meeting the academic standard
  4. Staff child — Girls with a parent/step-parent who is a contracted staff member (≥2 years)
  5. Sibling outside catchment — Girls outside the catchment area with a sibling at the school, ranked by distance (crow-flies)
  6. Distance rank — All other girls meeting the academic standard, ranked by distance (crow-flies) to the school

What the entrance test covers

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.

University destinations

Oxbridge
7%
Russell Group
46%
Top-third university
47%
Any degree
89%

Of the 134-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.

House prices nearby

Median price, Salisbury St Francis & Stratford ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£390,000

Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Wiltshire admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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