Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Salisbury, SP1 1RE
- Distance
- 0.2km away
St Joseph's Catholic School
Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury, SP1 1QY
Local ranking25th of 27 secondary schools in Wiltshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
625
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 114
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 597
- Boys
- 309 (55%)
- Girls
- 256 (45%)
- Capacity
- 625 (90% full)
- SEND
- 27.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.1%
- EAL
- 20.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.5%
- SEN Support
- 22.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,212/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 67.6%
- White Other: 10.7%
- Black African: 7.1%
- Asian Indian: 6.1%
- Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.8%
67.6%
White British
10.7%
White Other
7.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 126473
- UKPRN
- 10017684
- Establishment No.
- 4610
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