Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John's
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
12.296 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John's is a primary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2022. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John's 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 | 12.296 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 12.296 miles, 11th longest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 3.68 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 2 of the 9 applications (22%) came from outside Wiltshire.
- There are 49 pupils on roll and 12.1 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire is 19.4.
- Free school meal eligibility is 18.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 12.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
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
- School Lane, Hindon, ., Salisbury, SP3 6EA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 49 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 June 2022
Strengths
- “Hindon School is a happy place where pupils feel valued.”
- “Leaders are determined all will succeed.”
- “Most parents are positive about the school.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils who struggle with reading, do not always receive the precise support they need to develop their fluency and understanding.”
- “Consequently, some pupils are not developing into confident readers as quickly as they could.”
- “However, in some subjects, leaders have not explicitly identified and sequenced the knowledge they want pupils to remember in the long term.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wardour Catholic Primary School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sutton Veny CofE School 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 5.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mere School 6.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heytesbury Church of England Primary School 6.1 mi Not judged Last distance published