Old Sarum Primary School

Pheasant Drive, Old Sarum, Salisbury, SP4 6GH

Local ranking168th of 190 primary schools in Wiltshire

Ofsted: Requires improvement

Primary

Phase

420

Capacity

4-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from Old Sarum Primary School (URN 134788) since 1 September 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 3 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met

Quality of education: Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes: Requires improvement
Personal development: Good
Leadership & management: Requires improvement
Early years: Requires improvement

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 38.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 0.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 54.0%
Writing (Expected): 56.0%
Maths (Expected): 46.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 44.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 100.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 98.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 98.0
Cohort Size: 52

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 283
Boys: 116 (48%)
Girls: 126 (52%)
Capacity: 420 (58% full)
SEND: 25.1%
FSM Eligible: 24.4%
EAL: 13.4%
SEN with EHC Plan: 6.4%
SEN Support: 18.7%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 15.9:1
Teachers (FTE): 17.8
Budget per Pupil: £7,293/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 5.3% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 16.4% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: Does not apply
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Non-selective

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 79.8%
White Other: 4.8%
Black Other: 3.3%
Mixed Other: 2.9%
Asian Indian: 2.9%
Asian Other: 1.5%
Other: 1.5%
Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%

79.8%

White British

4.8%

White Other

3.3%

Black Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01722410677

admin@oldsarum.wilts.sch.uk

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Pheasant Drive

Salisbury, South West

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Administrative

URN: 149207
UKPRN: 10090701
Establishment No.: 3464
Trust: MAGNA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

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