Pembroke Park Primary School

Pembroke Park Primary has made impressive strides since its previous inspection, which resulted in an inadequate rating. The school is now evaluated as good overall, showcasing significant improvements in teaching quality, student behavior, and leadership. The headteacher's strong leadership and the support from the Magna Learning Partnership have been crucial in addressing past weaknesses effectively. Students enjoy a supportive and inclusive environment that fosters their learning and personal development. However, there are still challenges, particularly concerning mathematics in the upper key stage two, which the school is actively working to improve.

Strengths

• Strong leadership contributing to rapid school improvement.
• Positive relationships among staff and pupils promote a happy learning environment.
• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum enabling broad knowledge acquisition.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, ensuring inclusive learning.
• Strong emphasis on reading from early years, fostering a love for literature.

Areas for Improvement

• Legacy of underachievement in mathematics in upper key stage two.

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 Pembroke Park Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.0% 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, 4.2% of pupils at Pembroke Park 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 Pembroke Park Primary School had 18.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 28.3% of pupils at Pembroke Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 2024–25 Pembroke Park Primary School received £8,702 and spent £8,566 for each of its 190 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £9,000 (-£47 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Magna Learning Partnership, income was £7,766 and spending £7,975 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Salisbury · Wiltshire local authority: places and applications

Pembroke Park Primary School is part of Magna Learning Partnership, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Sarum Academy Salisbury
• Bemerton St John Church of England Primary Salisbury
• Old Sarum Primary School Salisbury
• Salisbury Sixth Form College Salisbury
• Wyvern St Edmund's Academy Salisbury
• Amesbury Archer Primary School Amesbury
• Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Salisbury
• The Trafalgar School at Downton Salisbury
• Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School Salisbury
• The New Forest Church of England Primary School Wilts

What is Pembroke Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pembroke Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Pembroke Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Pembroke Park Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Pembroke Park Primary School have?

Pembroke Park Primary School has 191 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pembroke Park Primary School cover?

Pembroke Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Pembroke Park Primary School?

Pembroke Park Primary School is at Devizes Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 9LY.