Salisbury Primary School

Salisbury Primary School continues to demonstrate good performance under new leadership, with a strong focus on creating a safe and supportive environment for pupils. The relationships between staff and students are characterized by warmth and trust, and pupils feel secure in sharing any concerns. The school has made notable progress in improving its curriculum to cater to the diverse needs of its students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). However, it has not yet fully reinstated the wide range of extracurricular opportunities that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has limited pupils' development in areas such as resilience and independence.

Strengths

• Strong and trusting relationships between staff and pupils
• Ambitious curriculum that engages pupils' interests
• Consistent teaching of phonics leading to almost all pupils becoming fluent readers
• Effective support for pupils with SEND and those eligible for pupil premium funding
• High-quality training and support for staff
• Governors effectively challenge and support the school

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils not gaining the skills needed to become fluent readers
• Limited range of extracurricular experiences impacting resilience and independence

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Salisbury Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Salisbury Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Salisbury Primary School had 14.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.3% of pupils at Salisbury Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Salisbury Primary School received £7,423 and spent £7,586 for each of its 308 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £229,000 (£745 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Salisbury Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Salisbury Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Salisbury Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Salisbury Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Salisbury Primary School have?

Salisbury Primary School has 317 pupils on roll.

What age range does Salisbury Primary School cover?

Salisbury Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Salisbury Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Salisbury Primary School?

Salisbury Primary School is at Salisbury Street, Darlaston, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 8BQ.