South Wilts Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
11+ scores · 2026 entry
| Pass mark | 293 |
From South Wilts Grammar School · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
12.319 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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South Wilts Grammar School is a secondary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 22 January 2025. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
South Wilts Grammar 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 12.319 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 230 first-choice applications for 158 offers: 1.5 first choices per offer, the highest of 28 Wiltshire secondary schools.
- In 2026, 157 Year 7 offers went to first-choice families and 73 first-choice families (32%) were not offered a place; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2026 the last Year 7 offer went to a child living 12.319 miles away, the 12th longest of 28 Wiltshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 99% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Stratford Road, Salisbury, SP1 3JJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 22 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are exceptionally proud to belong to this welcoming and vibrant school.”
- “The school has high expectations of all pupils; pupils meet and exceed these expectations.”
- “This is reflected both in the school’s exceptional academic outcomes and in the way that pupils, and students in the sixth form, conduct themselves.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (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) | 99% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 77 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | 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: 230 first-preference applications, 158 offers in total, 157 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.
- Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic School 1.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Sarum Academy 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Trafalgar School at Downton 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Stonehenge School 6.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Avon Valley Academy 8.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Wellington Academy 13.7 mi Good Last distance published