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Larkhill Primary School

Primary · Salisbury · SP4 8QB

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 7 June 2022

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At a glance

171 pupils · 41% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
6.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
25.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.larkhill.wilts.sch.uk/
URN
145545

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 34 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 7 June 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

34 places offered · 34 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

20 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
England 105

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

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school50%
Median of its 12 closest peers58.5%
Wiltshire average59.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 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.

SchoolOfstedResult
English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary AcademyOakham · 112 miles awayExpected standard77%
Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery SchoolStevenage · 86 miles awayGood74%
Wavell Community Primary SchoolCatterick Garrison · 220 miles awayGood41%
St George's CofE Primary School WorcesterWorcester · 72 miles awayGood43%
St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBarnoldswick · 189 miles awayGood60%
Eastburn Primary SchoolKeighley · 187 miles awayRequires improvement77%
Filton Hill Primary SchoolBristol · 39 miles awayGood57%
Nythe Primary SchoolSwindon · 26 miles awayRequires improvement38%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolCheltenham · 50 miles awayGood62%
Drayton Community Primary SchoolAbingdon · 38 miles awayGood47%
Sandhills Community Primary SchoolOxford · 48 miles awayExpected standard57%
Meridian Primary SchoolLondon · 81 miles awayGood82%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 59% (Wiltshire 81%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 10% (Wiltshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Wiltshire 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Wiltshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 5% (Wiltshire 1%, England 1%) · Black African 4% (Wiltshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 4% (Wiltshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Wiltshire 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Wiltshire 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%)

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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

10.58 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wiltshire: 3.43 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
22.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

45% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 41% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 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 £48,644; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,169
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£164,000

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

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health69.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier15.7%62.3%
Social housing8.4%17.1%
Privately rented75.9%20.5%
Detached houses23.4%22.9%
Flats5.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034543 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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