Sarum Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
13.482 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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Sarum Academy is a secondary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2023. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Sarum Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 13.482 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 38.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wiltshire is 19.6%.
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 13.482 miles away, the 10th longest of 28 Wiltshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 2026, there were 105 first-choice applications for 116 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 24% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 33.7 (England 46).
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
- Westwood Road, Salisbury, SP2 9HS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 747 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 February 2023
Strengths
- “Sarum Academy is a welcoming school.”
- “Pupils understand these and respond positively to them.”
- “Pupils are kind and respectful.”
To improve
- “There is a small minority of pupils who find this more difficult.”
- “However, in some subjects, the use of assessment is not as well developed.”
- “This leads to pupils not remembering important ideas in the longer term.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 24% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 33.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 105 first-preference applications, 116 offers in total, 105 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wiltshire.
- South Wilts Grammar School 1.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic School 2.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Stonehenge School 6.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Trafalgar School at Downton 7.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Avon Valley Academy 8.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Wellington Academy 14.2 mi Good Last distance published