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Old Sarum Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Pheasant Drive, Old Sarum, Salisbury SP4 6GH · oldsarum.wilts.sch.uk · 01722 410677
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 38%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wiltshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 242
- 58% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.7%
- First language not English
- 14.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 19 | 14 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 35 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 38% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼38% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 134788)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Old Sarum Primary School on 3 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 134788), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134788)
May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134788)
Dec 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134788)
What parents said
66% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (70 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 66%
- Replies
- 70
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (36%) with SEND