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Wyvern St Edmund's Academy

URN
144388
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
URN
144388
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

58 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

48

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

55

Destinations

54

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#23 of 26 schools in Wiltshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for Wyvern St Edmund's Academy

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  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
7 May 2025
Inspection date
18 March 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 7 May 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 7 May 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

257

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

480

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

253

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.87×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Wiltshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Wiltshire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.wyvernsteds.org

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Wiltshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

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

Attainment 8

42.2

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

40.3%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

57.2%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

15.6%

EBacc achievement

Location

SP1 1RE - Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Contact details

Address
Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Postcode
SP1 1RE
Phone
1722328565
Website
www.wyvernsteds.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Wiltshire
Local authority code
865

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 584 schools in Wiltshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

584

Open schools

266

Closed schools

318

Primary schools

393

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

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.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 7 May 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 7 May 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    7 May 202518 March 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 7 May 2025
    13 February 202031 January 2020-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 13 February 2020
    • Inspection

      Published
      7 May 2025
      Inspected
      18 March 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      13 February 2020
      Inspected
      31 January 2020
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    52.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 221

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    6.2%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    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 destination

    Education %

    87.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    3.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    6.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    76

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary393 (67.3%)
    • Secondary76 (13.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other115 (19.7%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Wyvern College0 mSecondaryClosed
    Wyvern College0 mSecondaryClosed
    St Edmund's Girls' School58 mSecondaryClosed
    St Edmund's Church of England Girls' School and Sports College58 mSecondaryClosed
    St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock161 mPrimaryOpen
    St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock161 mPrimaryClosed
    St Joseph's Catholic School188 mSecondaryOpen
    Chafyn Grove School1.0 kmNot applicableOpen
    Wyndham Park Infants' School1.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    Wyndham Park Infants' School1.2 kmPrimaryClosed
    • Wyvern College
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Wyvern College
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Edmund's Girls' School
      Distance
      58 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Edmund's Church of England Girls' School and Sports College
      Distance
      58 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Wiltshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abbeyfield SchoolSecondarySN15 3XBOpen
    Abbeyfield SchoolSecondarySN15 3XBClosed
    Avon Valley AcademySecondarySP4 8HHOpen
    Avon Valley CollegeSecondarySP4 8HHClosed
    Barton Peveril CollegeSecondary-Closed
    • Abbeyfield School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SN15 3XB
      Status
      Open
    • Abbeyfield School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SN15 3XB
      Status
      Closed
    • Avon Valley Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SP4 8HH
      Status
      Open
    • Avon Valley College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SP4 8HH
      Status
      Closed
    • Barton Peveril College
    St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock
    Distance
    161 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock
    Distance
    161 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Joseph's Catholic School
    Distance
    188 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Chafyn Grove School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Wyndham Park Infants' School
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Wyndham Park Infants' School
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    -
    Status
    Closed