Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Boys · Wiltshire
Exeter Street, Salisbury, SP1 2ED
100
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 15/11/2022
Application demand
73%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.3%
13.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,193
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
73%
1st preference success rate
157 of 214 families who put it first got an offer
157
Places offered
235
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 214 | 157 | ● 73% |
| 2nd preference | 16 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 5 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 235 | 157 | 67% |
1st preference success by year
Wiltshire lets families list 3 preferences. 87 applications came from outside the council area (59 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Mike Baxter
- Address
- Exeter Street, Salisbury, SP1 2ED
- Phone
- 01722333851
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Ward / constituency
- Salisbury Harnham East · Salisbury
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 136500
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 4% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 1% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: BISHOP WORDSWORTH'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL
1,193 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
15 November 2022
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 798 pupils
Attendance
95.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
13.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 72.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.55 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 96% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 99% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.44 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 42.97 | — | — |
Average grade: B+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 73.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 96.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 98.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 57.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.85 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 157 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2021/2022)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 43.63 | 35 |
| Average grade | B+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 32.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 196 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 157 | 71% | 98% | 100% | |
| Physics | 157 | 82% | 99% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 157 | 80% | 100% | 100% | |
| Mathematics | 157 | 83% | 100% | 100% | |
| English Language | 157 | 61% | 96% | 98% | |
| Religious Studies | 157 | 57% | 92% | 99% | |
| English Literature | 156 | 39% | 93% | 99% | |
| Geography | 93 | 77% | 99% | 99% | |
| Art and Design | 68 | 65% | 97% | 100% | |
| German | 62 | 69% | 90% | 98% | |
| Spanish | 50 | 46% | 84% | 96% | |
| French | 41 | 59% | 90% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 100 | 27% | 64% | 85% | |
| Chemistry | 83 | 17% | 53% | 80% | |
| Biology | 68 | 12% | 37% | 68% | |
| Psychology | 46 | 24% | 52% | 85% | |
| Physics | 43 | 28% | 56% | 81% | |
| History | 36 | 11% | 47% | 78% | |
| Economics | 33 | 15% | 45% | 85% | |
| Geography | 30 | 3% | 33% | 77% | |
| Government and Politics | 21 | 14% | 43% | 90% | |
| Religious Studies | 20 | 10% | 45% | 70% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 19 | 37% | 74% | 100% | |
| English Literature | 18 | 17% | 39% | 94% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 13272: Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 12 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 46% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 47% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Wiltshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.