Secondary
The Trafalgar School at Downton
Breamore Road, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3HN
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 808 of 630 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Trust
- MAGNA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 61.4
- Pupils per adult
- 12.7
- Pupils
- 782
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 July 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2020
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
46%
6 points below the Salisbury average (52% across 7 schools)
44.3
5.1 below the Salisbury average (49.4 across 7 schools)
3rd 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 | 44.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.81 |
| Entered the EBacc | 24% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% |
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 | 44% |
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 46% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.08 |
| 22/23 | +0.18 |
| 23/24 | -0.02 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.2 |
| 22/23 | 47.4 |
| 23/24 | 44.6 |
| 24/25 | 44.3 |
Breamore Road, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3HN
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
- Jy Taylor
- Address
- Breamore Road, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3HN
- Telephone
- 01725550300