Wardour Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wardour, Tisbury, SP3 6RF – View on map
- Phone: 01747870537
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Amy Allen
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 19 families put it first for 14 places – 14 for every 10 places. 74% of them were offered a place. 3 of the 14 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 1
- % eligible for free school meals: 1.1%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 1.3% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 2.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2020 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 72% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 72%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 89% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 100%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 106
- Based on: 9 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 57th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- =57The Grove Primary School67%
- =57The New Forest Church of England Primary School67%
- =57Wardour Catholic Primary School67%
- =57Winterslow Church of England Primary School67%
- =64Bitham Brook Primary School66%
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120th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #118The Trinity Church of England Primary AcademyGood
- #119Urchfont Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #120Wardour Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #121Wellington Lions Primary AcademyGood
- #122West Ashton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,726 (2024-25)
57th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #55St Paul's Primary School£7,789
- #56Newton Tony Church of England Voluntary Controlled School£7,736
- #57Wardour Catholic Primary School£7,726
- #58Chirton Church of England Primary School£7,722
- #59Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School£7,718
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