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Gomeldon Primary School

Primary · Salisbury · SP4 6JZ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 26 March 2024

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At a glance

122 pupils · 83% of 147 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
3.3% of pupils (January 2026)
Website
www.gomeldon.wilts.sch.uk/
URN
151734

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 26 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 12 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Wiltshire 81%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Wiltshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Wiltshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Wiltshire 0%, England 0%)

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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.6%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,677; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.6%62.3%
Social housing8.8%17.1%
Privately rented15.4%20.5%
Detached houses59.4%22.9%
Flats5.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms34.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032034 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£439,00050 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£356,000–£601,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (36)£510,000
Semi-detached (11)£365,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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