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St Michael's Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 2-11 360 pupils Salisbury
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St Michael's Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Salisbury for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 360 pupils on roll. In 2025, 29% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Church of England
Address The Causeway
Larkhill
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP4 8FB
Phone 01980670268
Reference Number 143006

General Makeup

Number of pupils 360
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.89%
Girls: 46.11%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 9.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 20.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 22.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 23 20 43
2 25 21 46
3 29 16 45
4 25 23 48
5 17 21 38
6 28 23 51

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 60.8%
Asian, Other 8.1%
African 7.5%
Caribbean 4.2%
Mixed, Other 2.8%
Indian 1.1%
White, Other 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.8%
Unclassified 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 14 Jan 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
14 Jan 2025 School inspection
21 May 2019 Short inspection
06 Jul 2016 Academy conversion letter
29 Feb 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Figheldean St Michael's Church of England Primary School
10 Jun 2009 Full inspection:
13 Jul 2006 Full inspection:
11 Oct 1999 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 29%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 100
Maths 102

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.4
Writing -0.4
Maths 0.3

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 20 0
Third Preference 5 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Michael's Church of England Primary School had 337 pupils for 420 places. 83 places (19.8%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Durrington Primary” planning area

Wiltshire counted 202 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 204 in 2029–30, up 1%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 120120420420420420420420
Pupils 7966105324374400375337
Unfilled 34.2%45.0%75.0%22.9%11.0%4.8%10.7%19.8%

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 St Michael's Church of England Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.2%4.3%3.1%2.4%5.8%4.3%4.8%3.7%
Unauthorised absence 0.3%0.3%0.1%0.5%0.9%1.1%0.9%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%1.6%1.0%0.3%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.3%

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, 1.0% of pupils at St Michael's Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.04.30.02.63.15.26.15.11.3
Permanent exclusions 000000000

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 St Michael's Church of England Primary School had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 8.68.09.913.313.813.213.69.29.89.4
Teachers who left state teaching 40.4%0.0%7.4%18.2%12.4%2.6%17.4%28.7%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 37.5%83.3%50.0%–46.7%68.4%73.9%72.7%76.2%–
Sick days per teacher 1.62.76.8–2.07.16.210.89.0–

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, 10.3% of pupils at St Michael's Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 9 5
Speech, language and communication needs 9 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 7 1
No specialist assessment of need 5 0
Physical disability 1 3
Specific learning difficulty 4 0
Moderate learning difficulty 2 0
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 0 1

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 St Michael's Church of England Primary School received £7,100 and spent £7,271 for each of its 372 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £386,000 (£1,038 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Acorn Education Trust, income was £8,177 and spending £8,032 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

201920202021202320242025
Revenue reserve £72,000£185,000£289,000£388,000£233,000£386,000
per pupil £715£692£836£893£574£1,038
In-year balance £77,000£131,000£100,000£94,000-£585,000-£63,000
per pupil £764£490£289£215-£1,442-£171

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.

Name Distance
Larkhill Primary School
Wilson Road, Larkhill, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 8QB
0.96 miles
Durrington Church of England Controlled Junior School
Bulford Road, Durrington, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 8DL
1.09 miles
Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School
School Road, Durrington, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 8HJ
1.13 miles
Avondale Preparatory School
High Street, Bulford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 9DR
1.47 miles
Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School
John French Way, Bulford Village, Bulford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 9HP
1.79 miles
Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Kitchener Road, Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7AX
1.81 miles
Robins Way School
High Street, Figheldean, SP4 8JT
1.91 miles
Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury
Parsonage Road, Amesbury, Amesbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7LX
2.04 miles
King's Gate Primary School
Great Amber Way, Amesbury, Salisbury, SP4 7GD
2.51 miles
Amesbury Archer Primary School
Shears Drive, Archers Gate, Amesbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7XX
2.65 miles
Kiwi Primary School
Hubert Hamilton Road, Bulford Camp, Bulford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 9JY
2.77 miles
Netheravon All Saints CofE Primary School
High Street, Netheravon, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 9PJ
2.8 miles
Shrewton CofE Primary School
Tanners Lane, Shrewton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 4JT
4.66 miles
Name Distance
Avon Valley Academy
Recreation Road, Durrington, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 8HH
1.13 miles
The Stonehenge School
Holders Road, Amesbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7PW
1.85 miles
Appleford School
Elston Lane, Shrewton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 4HL
4.72 miles

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St Michael's Church of England Primary School is part of Acorn Education Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does St Michael's Church of England Primary School have?

St Michael's Church of England Primary School has 360 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Michael's Church of England Primary School cover?

St Michael's Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Michael's Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 29% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Michael's Church of England Primary School?

St Michael's Church of England Primary School is at The Causeway, Larkhill, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 8FB.

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