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Wyvern St Edmund's Academy

Secondary · Salisbury · SP1 1RE

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 March 2025

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At a glance

1,337 pupils · 96% of 1,400 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
20.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.wyvernsteds.org
URN
144388

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 194 families named it first for 219 Year 7 places, 0.89 first choices per place. At its inspection on 18 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

219 places offered · 194 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

GCSE results (2024/2025)

243 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
42.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
57.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
40.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.6
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school42.2
Median of its 12 closest peers49.1
Wiltshire average47
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Ralph Allen SchoolBath · 31 miles awayGood54.6
Allestree Woodlands SchoolDerby · 130 miles awayGood46.5
Noadswood SchoolSouthampton · 22 miles awayNeeds attention45.5
Brighouse High SchoolBrighouse · 182 miles awayNeeds attention40
Nailsea SchoolBristol · 49 miles awayGood52.6
Honley High SchoolHolmfirth · 175 miles awayGood50.6
Farnham Heath EndFarnham · 44 miles awayGood44.8
Worthing High SchoolWorthing · 63 miles awayGood (2016)48.6
Sheldon SchoolChippenham · 31 miles awayGood45.2
Leigh Stationers' AcademyLondon · 84 miles awayGood52.7
All Hallows Catholic CollegeMacclesfield · 151 miles awayGood49.6
Cockermouth SchoolCockermouth · 256 miles awayGood51.9

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (Wiltshire 80%, England 59%) · Any other White background 6% (Wiltshire 5%, England 7%) · Black African 3% (Wiltshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Wiltshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Wiltshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Wiltshire 3%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Wiltshire 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

28.61 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wiltshire: 21.03 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

1.27% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £58,442; 9.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,883
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 12% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£1,274,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
92%
Continuing in education
87%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
3%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier92.3%62.3%
Social housing1.2%17.1%
Privately rented6.5%20.5%
Detached houses66.3%22.9%
Flats0.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032012 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£307,500125 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£251,000–£370,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (32)£487,000
Semi-detached (46)£316,500
Terraced (36)£262,500
Flat (11)£180,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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