Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School, Salisbury

In 2026, pupils at Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 73.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Wiltshire and 47 across England.

98% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Wiltshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 73.1.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.55: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 16 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 213 families put Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School as their first choice and 249 named it as one of their preferences, for 157 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 56 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Wiltshire's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Wiltshire has 2 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School are Five Rivers Online School (0.4 miles); South Wilts Grammar School (1 mile, Good, selective, Attainment 8 76.5); Wyvern St Edmund's Academy (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.1); and St Joseph's Catholic School (1.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41).

Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Of the 155 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 99% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 1% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 199 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 60% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 20% into work. 63% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

3.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (65%), Asian (11%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 13 pupils (1.1%) received SEN support and 5 (0.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Salisbury Rail Station, about 910 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The White Hart (n-bound), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 279 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wiltshire (34), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School issued 7 suspensions, 0.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School are St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury (0.2 miles); St Martin's CofE Primary School (0.5 miles); Harnham Infants' School (0.7 miles); and Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.