Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Salisbury, Wiltshire·SP4 9HP
Composite score
47.4
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#8,185
National rank
#805
In South West
#92
In Wiltshire
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 13/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Needs attention

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
31 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
50
any preference, for 29 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.9120241.0020251.072026

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 Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
191
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,968
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School at a glance

Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire, Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 191 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in January 2026. 73% 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 10.0 percentage points year on 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 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) 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 31 first choices for 29 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 19.0 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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