Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary School
Primary · Salisbury · SP5 4LU
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 22 March 2026
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105 pupils · 88% of 119 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 13.1% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2% of pupils
- URN
- 126382
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place14 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
15 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 13 January 2026: Expected standard
- 19 April 2023: Requires improvement
- 5 May 2022: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 21 June 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School
- Harnham Infants' School
- Bemerton St John Church of England Primary
- St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury
- SAIL (Salisbury Academy for Inspirational Learning)
- Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School
- Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School
- Wilton CofE Primary School