St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Salisbury, Wiltshire·SP1 2SG
Composite score
81.6
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National rank
#52
In South West
#6
In Wiltshire
Top 4%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
27%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
88%
33 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.10
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
74
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.52
1 per place
1.7320221.6020231.3720241.3320251.102026

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 St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury. 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
210
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
40.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,119
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury

St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury is a primary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 210 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 77% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 20.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 4% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 27% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 33 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury 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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