Old Sarum Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.931 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Old Sarum Primary School is a primary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Old Sarum 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 | 0.931 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 0.931 miles away, 36th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle was 3.68 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 17.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.4 across the 8 nearest primary 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
- Pheasant Drive, Old Sarum, Salisbury, SP4 6GH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 242 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “The school is now more stable following a period of turbulence.”
- “It has increasingly high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and achievements.”
- “Now, more pupils meet these expectations.”
To improve
- “Although pupils describe how behaviour in school has improved sometimes learning and play times are still disrupted.”
- “As a result, there are inconsistencies in how well it is implemented, and pupils’ achievement remains variable.”
- “However, much of the curriculum is new and not well-embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 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) | 38% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Greentrees Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wyndham Park Infants' School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury 1.4 mi Standards maintained
- Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pembroke Park Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published