St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Salisbury · SP3 6HJ · Wiltshire
Ages 4–11
- KS276%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM26.9%
- Demand1.00
1.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 126430
Wardour Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Tisbury · SP3 6RF
Ages 4–11 · 95 pupils · Wiltshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
73%
Overall absence
4.5%
Admissions demand
0.86 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2020-02-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)73%
Higher standard (RWM)18%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)5.3%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 75
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
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
0.86 · Often has places
1st preferences
12
Places offered
14
1st-preference offers
12
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 20
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 14
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
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 fill90%
95 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 95
- Boys / girls
- 42 / 53
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 95 / 105 (90%)
- Free school meals
- 1.1%
- FSM pupils
- 1
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Clifton
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Dixon
Location
- Address
- Wardour
- Postcode
- SP3 6RF
- Town
- Tisbury
- 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Tisbury, Wiltshire, 95 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 1.1%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Clifton.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Shaftesbury · SP7 9AU · Wiltshire
Ages 4–11
- KS236%
- Absence4.9%
- FSM11.9%
- Demand1.10
2.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Dixon
- Telephone
- 01747870537