97 / 100
Exceptional
Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.
Academic Outcomes
100
Inspection
100
Admissions Value
100
Destinations
73
Stability & Context
100
Top 1% of secondary schools in England
Top 1% nationally
#1 of 26 schools in Wiltshire
Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.
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Overall effectiveness
Graded 23 January 2023
Quality of education
Graded 23 January 2023
Behaviour and attitudes
Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.
Academic year
2025/26
Published admission number (PAN)
157
Places offered by the school
Applications received
235
Times listed as any preference
Offers made
157
Preferred offers from this school
Oversubscription ratio
1.5×
Applications per place
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Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.
Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25
Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.
Attainment 8
73.1
Progress 8
Not published
English & maths 5+
96.8%
English & maths 4+
98.7%
EBacc entry
57.3%
SP1 2ED - Exeter Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire
This school is one of 584 schools in Wiltshire.
Total schools
584
Open schools
266
Closed schools
318
Primary schools
393
Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.
The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.
Graded 23 January 2023
Personal development
Graded 23 January 2023
Leadership and management
Graded 23 January 2023
Sixth form
Graded 23 January 2023
Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.
Outstanding
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Offer rate
66.8%
Offers as a share of applications
First preference offers: 157
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EBacc achievement
52.2%
Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25
Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.
APS
43.6
Value added
+0.12
AAB %
32.8%
Retention %
Not published
Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23
Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).
Education %
98.0%
Employment %
1.0%
Apprenticeships %
0.0%
NEET %
0.0%
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Secondary schools
76
Special schools
0
Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Wiltshire)