Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
12.483 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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Wyvern St Edmund's Academy is a secondary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Wyvern St Edmund's 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 | 12.483 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 12.483 miles away, the 11th longest of 28 Wiltshire secondary schools with a published last distance (middle 9.03 miles).
- Year 7 2026 had 194 first-choice applications for 219 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 25 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 40% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 4th 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
- Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury, SP1 1RE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,337 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “Through the merging of two separate schools, Wyvern St Edmund’s is a school with a culture of togetherness and collective belonging.”
- “The ‘GRACE’ values are evident throughout the school.”
- “Pupils describe their school as a cohesive community.”
To improve
- “However, the work to make sure it is well implemented is developing, so not all pupils achieve as well as they should.”
- “A few pupils lack confidence to report their concerns.”
- “In a few curriculum areas, this work is ongoing and is not so well developed as others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 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) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.2 | 46 |
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: 194 first-preference applications, 219 offers in total, 194 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic School 0.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- South Wilts Grammar School 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sarum Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Trafalgar School at Downton 6.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Stonehenge School 6.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Avon Valley Academy 8.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Wellington Academy 13.1 mi Good Last distance published