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Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury SP1 1RE · wyvernsteds.org · 01722 328565
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Wiltshire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,337
- 96% of 1,400 places
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
- First language not English
- 8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 194 families put the school first and 219 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 219 | 194 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 257 | 221 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 270 | 259 | 1 | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 233 | 211 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 264 | 234 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.2, and 40.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wiltshire it was 46.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼40.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼57.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼15.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.61 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 134199)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 33.3 | +9.2 |
| Sixth form college | 8.3 | +3.2 |
| Further education | 43.8 | −0.5 |
| Other education | 0.7 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.8 | −7.1 |
| Employment | 4.3 | −4.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.2 | +1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 1.4 | −2.4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Wyvern St Edmund's Academy on 18 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 18 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (132 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 132
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 28 parents (21%) with SEND