Wardour Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Tisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.234 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Wardour Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Tisbury, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Wardour Catholic 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 | 4.234 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 4.234 miles away, the 80th longest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- 1.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 14 offers; 14 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% 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
- Wardour, Tisbury, SP3 6RF
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 95 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at their school.”
- “Relationships with adults are warm and pupils feel very well cared for.”
- “The pupil ‘buddy system’ means older pupils support younger pupils and Reception-age children.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers do not explain the learning and explicit knowledge they want pupils to know precisely.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not have the same levels of confidence to develop their work as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 December 2024 (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) | 67% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ludwell Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John's 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Dinton CofE Primary School 6.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broad Chalke CofE Primary School 7.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mere School 7.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published