Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.930 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School is a primary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.930 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.930 miles away, the 35th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wiltshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wilton Road, Salisbury, SP2 7EJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 225 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils say that Manor Fields Primary is a happy place where everyone is welcome.”
- “Children get off to a great start in Reception because they learn routines quickly and the curriculum is carefully thought out to meet their needs.”
- “Elsewhere, pupils follow a broad curriculum and most learn it well.”
To improve
- “In the past, some pupils did not learn the most complex knowledge in English and mathematics early enough.”
- “However, a small minority of older pupils are having some adaptations to the school-wide approaches to teaching English.”
- “Nonetheless, a small number of pupils do not gain sufficient practice in deepening their English knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 69% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wiltshire.
- Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pembroke Park Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bemerton St John Church of England Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Harnham Infants' School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury 1.1 mi Standards maintained
- Woodlands Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published