Secondary
South Wilts Grammar School
Stratford Road, Salisbury, SP1 3JJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 1200 of 1022 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- SOUTH WILTS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 79.2
- Pupils per adult
- 14.3
- Pupils
- 1,130
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2025
Improved significantly
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
99%
47 points above the Salisbury average (52% across 7 schools)
77.0
27.6 above the Salisbury average (49.4 across 7 schools)
2nd of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Salisbury we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 77 |
| EBacc average point score | 7.05 |
| Entered the EBacc | 56% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99% |
| A level average points per entry | 39.47 |
| A level students | 161 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 99% |
| 22/23 | 97% |
| 23/24 | 98% |
| 24/25 | 99% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.2 |
| 22/23 | 38.2 |
| 23/24 | 39.2 |
| 24/25 | 39.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.58 |
| 22/23 | +0.61 |
| 23/24 | +0.79 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 77.5 |
| 22/23 | 73.2 |
| 23/24 | 75.0 |
| 24/25 | 77.0 |
Stratford Road, Salisbury, SP1 3JJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Wiltshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Amanda Smith
- Address
- Stratford Road, Salisbury, SP1 3JJ
- Telephone
- 01722323326