Voluntary aided school · Primary
Salisbury · SP3 5AR · Wiltshire
Ages 4–11
- KS220%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM25.0%
- Demand1.00
2.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 149660
Dinton CofE Primary School
Academy converter · Salisbury · SP3 5HW
Ages 4–11 · 66 pupils · Wiltshire
Overall absence
3.1%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)1.4%
Unauthorised0.5%
- Authorised absence
- 2.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 72
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
8
Places offered
8
1st-preference offers
8
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 22
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 8
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill55%
66 pupils · 119 places
- Pupils on roll
- 66
- Boys / girls
- 38 / 28
- School capacity
- 119
- Capacity fill
- 66 / 119 (55%)
- Free school meals
- 18.2%
- FSM pupils
- 12
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ACORN EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- ACORN EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Acorn Education Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Howard
Location
- Address
- Hindon Road, Dinton
- Postcode
- SP3 5HW
- Town
- Salisbury
- County
- Wiltshire
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- District
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, 66 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 18.2%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Salisbury.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Howard
- Telephone
- 01722716221