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St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury
Primary · Mixed · Ages 7–11 · Academy
Somerset Road, Salisbury SP1 3BL · st-marks.wilts.sch.uk · 01722 333497
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wiltshire 59%, England 62%
- Pupils
- 346
- 92% of 378 places
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Free school meals
- 16.2%
- First language not English
- 14.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Wiltshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 February 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 126364), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Dec 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 126364)
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (95 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 95
- 26% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (26%) with SEND