St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Salisbury, Wiltshire·SP3 6HJ
Composite score
32.5
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#12,879
National rank
#1353
In South West
#143
In Wiltshire
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
5 first choices, 8 places
First choices per place
0.62
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
13
any preference, for 8 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.38
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
105
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,350
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury is a primary school serving Salisbury, Wiltshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 105 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 26.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 5 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 15.0 pupils per teacher. St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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