South Wilts Grammar School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B76
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Salisbury, SP1 3JJ
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School
Exeter Street, Salisbury, SP1 2ED
Local ranking1st of 27 secondary schools in Wiltshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 15 November 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 73.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 98.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 100.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 158
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 99.0%
- Continued in education
- 97.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 58.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 22.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B+
Avg A-Level Grade
43.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
43.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
196
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 32.8% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 391
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1188
- Boys
- 1062 (89%)
- Girls
- 131 (11%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (99% full)
- SEND
- 1.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 5.2%
- EAL
- 8.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.3%
- SEN Support
- 0.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,471/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
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 73.0%
- Asian Indian: 6.4%
- White Other: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.1%
- Asian Other: 3.1%
- Black African: 3.0%
- Asian Chinese: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
73.0%
White British
6.4%
Asian Indian
3.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Exeter Street
Salisbury, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136500
- UKPRN
- 10033023
- Establishment No.
- 5413
- Trust
- BISHOP WORDSWORTH'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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