Primary
Old Sarum Primary School
Pheasant Drive, Old Sarum, Salisbury, SP4 6GH
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 242 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.0
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Trust
- MAGNA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 30.0
- Pupils per adult
- 10.3
- Pupils
- 309
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 June 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
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)SATs results
38%
22 points below the Salisbury average (60% across 40 schools)
100.0
5.3 below the Salisbury average (105.3 across 40 schools)
37th of 41 by our score, among the primary schools in Salisbury we can score - 49 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 98 |
| Average reading score | 100 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 38% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 31% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 99.0 |
| 24/25 | 98.0 |
Pheasant Drive, Old Sarum, Salisbury, SP4 6GH
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 15 January, 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
- Sarah Barwell
- Address
- Pheasant Drive, Old Sarum, Salisbury, SP4 6GH
- Telephone
- 01722410677
Other primary schools nearby
- Greentrees Primary School8.0/10
- Wyndham Park Infants' SchoolNot enough data
- Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School6.1/10
- St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury6.7/10
- Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary SchoolNot enough data
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, LaverstockNot enough data