Great Wishford CofE (VA) Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.958 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Great Wishford CofE (VA) Primary School is a primary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Great Wishford 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 | 2.958 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.958 miles away, the 80th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There were 8 first-choice applications for 8 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- With 55 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 13.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 3 December 2024, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome, on 10 May 2022, was Requires improvement.
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
- West Street, Great Wishford, Salisbury, SP2 0PQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 55 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “This is a small school with a big heart.”
- “It lives out its vision of ‘no challenge too big, no child too small’ in the way that it welcomes pupils and helps them to settle into school.”
- “Staff are kind and caring and they look after pupils well.”
To improve
- “However, on some occasions, teachers do not check that knowledge is secure.”
- “This means that some pupils have misconceptions that teachers do not address.”
- “As a result, these pupils do not build their knowledge as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 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) | 0% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 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.
- Woodford Valley Church of England Aided School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St. Peter's CE Primary Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Wilton CofE Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Pembroke Park Primary School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bemerton St John Church of England Primary 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Old Sarum Primary School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published