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Old Sarum Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Sarah Barwell

corporate_fareMAGNA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

location_onSalisbury, SP4 6GH

language Visit Website phone 1722410677

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2025

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Students

331

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Expected Standard

38%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Old Sarum Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Salisbury, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 93% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Old Sarum Primary School is an academy converter in Salisbury, Wiltshire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of MAGNA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. The school has approximately 283 pupils on roll, of whom 24% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #150 of 174 primaries in Wiltshire and #12,979 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 17.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 6.3 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

38%

LA 58%

Reading54% LA 73%

Writing56% LA 69%

Maths46% LA 71%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

31%

LA 57%England 61%

Reading59% LA 74% · Eng 74%

Writing47% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths53% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

43%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading64% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing55% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths52% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.7

Read

LA 0.5

-3.7 to 0.2

-2.6

Write

LA -0.1

-4.5 to -0.7

-2.6

Maths

LA -0.9

-4.5 to -0.8

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

03 June 2025

Inspection Report

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08 September 2022

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-06-03

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2014-05-21

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2012-12-12

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

7.8%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

4.6%(13 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 283 pupils. During this period, there were 22 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 7.8%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	283	22	7.8%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	285	14	4.9%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	305	23	7.5%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	309	17	5.5%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	302	22	7.3%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	313	11	3.5%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	331	15	4.5%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	326	9	2.8%	0.6%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 35 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 16 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 8 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 3 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 3 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 3 pupils

Visual Impairment 2 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils

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Old Sarum Primary School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Funding & Staffing

School Funding Allocation

Funding Breakdown

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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