St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury
General Information
- Address: Weaveland Road, Tisbury, Salisbury, SP3 6HJ – View on map
- Phone: 01747870675
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Lisa Ashford-Smith
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 5 families put it first for 8 places – 6 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 6
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 28
- % eligible for free school meals: 26.9%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.3% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 6% moved to another school, 94% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Wiltshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Wiltshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points below the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 66% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 69% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 102
- Based on: 16 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 123rd of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =123Larkhill Primary School50%
- =123Luckington Community School50%
- =123St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury50%
- =123St Mary's Catholic Primary School50%
- =123Whitesheet Church of England Primary Academy50%
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98th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #96St George's Church of England Primary School, SemingtonGood
- #97St John's Catholic Primary School, TrowbridgeGood
- #98St John's Church of England Primary School, TisburyGood
- #99St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, DevizesGood
- #100St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, MalmesburyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,350 (2024-25)
36th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #34Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary School£8,408
- #35St Martin's CofE Primary School£8,356
- #36St John's Church of England Primary School, Tisbury£8,350
- #37Dinton CofE Primary School£8,338
- #38Great Wishford CofE (VA) Primary School£8,316
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