Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Salisbury
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Amesbury provides a nurturing, safe environment where pupils feel confident and cared for by kind staff. The school excels at teaching reading, writing and maths fundamentals, and gives strong support to pupils with additional needs and disadvantaged pupils. Leadership has successfully turned the school around with palpable improvements visible in teaching quality, pupil progress and behaviour.
Key Strengths
- Strong phonics teaching and secure understanding of reading, writing and mathematics fundamentals
- Effective systems for monitoring attendance with significant reduction in persistent absence
- Well-established positive relationships, morning routines and calm, orderly environment that helps pupils feel safe and ready to learn
- Comprehensive personal development programme covering healthy living, online safety, relationships and cultural diversity
- Skilled identification and support of pupils with special educational needs and targeted help for disadvantaged pupils
Areas for Improvement
- Not all activities in lessons are consistently adapted for pupils ready to move on, meaning some miss opportunities to develop perseverance and work ethic
- Some foundation subject tasks do not consistently deepen pupils' knowledge and skills
- Quality of staff interactions with early years children could be more precise to extend vocabulary and sentences
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Annual careers workshop, house captain roles, anti-bullying ambassador roles, pastoral support, short-term therapies
Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School provides a well-designed curriculum in a calm, orderly environment where pupils feel safe and supported. The school has made palpable improvements in teaching, pupil attainment, and behaviour following recent leadership action.
At a Glance
21.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
17 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 73% to 80%. Maths has improved from 67% to 71%. Writing has improved from 64% to 78%.
Class Sizes
25.3
Avg class size
23.3
Infant (KS1)
26.4
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
40%
Available places
179 pupils
450 capacity
271 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Salisbury
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Salisbury
Admissions Demand - Wiltshire
Places available
6,311
Applications
4,449
Got 1st preference
95.2%
Got preferred school
99.0%
Primary admissions across Wiltshire (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.41742%
Overall absence
12.97297%
Persistent absence
185
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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