Bemerton St John Church of England Primary
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.007 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bemerton St John Church of England Primary is a primary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 July 2024. Wiltshire and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bemerton St John Church of England Primary 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 | 2.007 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 2.007 miles, against a middle figure of 3.68 miles across the 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2024, with the sharpest swing between 2024 and 2025.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (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
- Lower Road, Bemerton, Salisbury, SP2 9NW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s vision for pupils to develop compassion and selflessness is exemplified with ‘Through love, serve one another’.”
- “Pupils demonstrate care for others during social times through their esteemed ambassador roles.”
- “Collaboration during projects between year groups helps pupils get to know each other well.”
To improve
- “In a minority of subjects, however, the knowledge of how a subject is studied and the concepts that pupils need to learn about at each stage are not sequenced as well.”
- “This means some pupils cannot remember this knowledge as readily.”
- “However, in some subjects, assessment of pupils’ learning is not precise enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 2024 (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) | 70% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Woodlands Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Pembroke Park Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Harnham Infants' School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St. Peter's CE Primary Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published