Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School

Community school·Primary school Salisbury, Wiltshire·SP2 7EJ
Composite score
56.5
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#4,971
National rank
#452
In South West
#52
In Wiltshire
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
88%
32 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
76
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.33
00.511.52
1 per place
1.3720221.1320231.2320241.4020251.072026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Wiltshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
225
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
3.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
11.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,718
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School is a primary school serving Salisbury, Wiltshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 225 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School 'Good'. 69% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 34% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 32 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 19.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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