Downton CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.736 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Downton CofE VA Primary School is a primary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Downton CofE VA 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 | 4.736 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 4.736 miles away, the 65th longest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- 4 of the 39 applications (10%) for 2026 Reception came from families living outside Wiltshire, and 1 offer went to them.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Gravel Close, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3LZ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 272 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “Their caring relationships with the pupils are nurturing.”
- “The school has high expectations for all pupils’ achievement.”
- “Pupils respond by working hard to develop their understanding of the subjects they study.”
To improve
- “In these parts of the curriculum, the precise knowledge and skills pupils will learn are not fully identified.”
- “The school has not put in place the mechanisms to assess how well pupils are progressing in those areas.”
- “This means teachers are less informed about any knowledge gaps pupils may have.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2025 (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, 30 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.
- Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Longford Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whiteparish All Saints Church of England Primary School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Harnham Infants' School 5.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published