Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School

Term dates

We haven't checked Wiltshire's term dates yet. See the school's website.

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 213 families put this school as their first choice, and 157 places were offered. 157 of the families who put it first got a place (74%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

11+ entrance test

This school sets its own entrance test: Bishop Wordsworth's School 11+ examination. Register with the school directly.

How shared 11+ tests work

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 15 November 2022. Overall: Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1193 (capacity 1200)

Gender

Boys

Religious character

Church of England

Diocese

Diocese of Salisbury

Academy trust

BISHOP WORDSWORTH'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Admissions

Selective (entrance test)

Phone

01722333851

Address

Exeter Street, Salisbury, SP1 2ED

Website

bishopwordsworths.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports