Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School
Primary · Salisbury · SP4 9HP
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 12 March 2026
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186 pupils · 61% of 305 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 13% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 25.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 12.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.6% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.bulfordstleonards.org.uk
- URN
- 143007
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.07 first-choice applications per place29 places offered · 31 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
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)
22 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)
47% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 37% moved to another state school · 15% 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, academy 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
- 25 September 2024: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 4 June 2019: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Durrington Church of England Controlled Junior School
- Avon Valley Academy
- Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School
- Kiwi Primary School
- The Stonehenge School
- Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School
- Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury