Wyvern St Edmund's Academy, Salisbury

In its own words: "At the heart of our approach to British Values at WSE is the aim to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to be able to function in a diverse society."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Naturally, the education of your child is extremely important to you - and it is to us as well."

On phones, the school says: "The Yondr Programme employs a simple, lockable pouch that stores a mobile phone."

In 2026, pupils at Wyvern St Edmund's Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Wiltshire and 47 across England.

48% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Wiltshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 42.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.3: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.6, against 49.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 194 families put Wyvern St Edmund's Academy as their first choice and 437 named it as one of their preferences, for 219 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wyvern St Edmund's Academy are St Joseph's Catholic School (0.1 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41); Five Rivers Online School (1.1 miles); South Wilts Grammar School (1.2 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 76.5); and Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School (1.4 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 73.5).

Wyvern St Edmund's Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Wyvern St Edmund's Academy is one of 11 schools run by Magna Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41 in 2024/25.

132 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wyvern St Edmund's Academy (as of September 2025): 80% would recommend the school, 85% say their child is happy there and 59% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (85%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (59%).

Of the 276 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 44% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Salisbury Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Laverstock Schools (bus park), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Wyvern St Edmund's Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 70 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wiltshire (34), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Wyvern St Edmund's Academy issued 382 suspensions, 28.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wyvern St Edmund's Academy are St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock (0.1 miles); Wyndham Park Infants' School (0.8 miles); St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury (0.8 miles); and Greentrees Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.