Greentrees Primary School

Greentrees Primary School is a highly inclusive and aspirational school that is performing strongly. This was its first section 5 inspection and its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic; it is part of Pickwick Academy Trust, operates across infant and junior sites, and includes a specialist resource base for pupils with autism and related social communication difficulties. Under current arrangements no overall effectiveness grade is awarded, but inspectors found pupils achieving well and thriving across the school. Strengths are extensive. The curriculum is ambitious and coherently sequenced, early reading and early years are strong, and pupils with SEND are identified and supported effectively. Behaviour is excellent, pupils are thoughtful and proud, pastoral support is highly valued, and personal development is woven expertly through the curriculum, including community and international projects. Leadership is determined and well supported by governors and trust leaders, and safeguarding is effective. The main area for improvement is the precision of teachers’ checks on pupils’ learning. Where these strategies are not used sharply enough, a few pupils’ misconceptions are missed and some do not secure the intended knowledge as quickly as they should. Attendance support and procedures are otherwise effective.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive culture where pupils, including those with SEND, thrive and achieve well.
• Ambitious, coherently sequenced curriculum with strong links across subjects.
• Strong early years provision that builds secure foundational knowledge.
• Effective early reading provision with pupils well supported to learn phonics.
• Exceptional behaviour and attitudes, with respectful and proud pupils.
• High-quality pastoral support that is valued by pupils and families.
• Pupils take meaningful leadership roles and help shape school culture.
• Effective identification and support for pupils with SEND, including an integral resource base.
• Personal development is expertly designed and threaded throughout the curriculum.
• Determined leadership, well-informed governors and trust, and effective safeguarding.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers’ strategies for checking pupils’ understanding lack precision, so a few pupils’ misconceptions are not addressed in a timely way.

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 Greentrees Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.0% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Greentrees 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 Greentrees Primary School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.8% 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, 15.8% of pupils at Greentrees Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 12 pupils.

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 Greentrees Primary School received £6,792 and spent £6,811 for each of its 423 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £263,000 (£622 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Pickwick Academy Trust, income was £6,042 and spending £5,893 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

Greentrees Primary School is part of Pickwick Academy Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock Salisbury
• Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School Salisbury
• Longford Church of England Primary School Salisbury
• Gomeldon Primary School Salisbury
• Woodford Valley Church of England Aided School Salisbury
• Pitton Church of England Primary School Salisbury
• Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary School Salisbury
• Winterslow Church of England Primary School Salisbury
• Ludwell Primary School Shaftesbury
• Princecroft Primary School Warminster

What is Greentrees Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greentrees Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Greentrees Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greentrees Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Greentrees Primary School have?

Greentrees Primary School has 425 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greentrees Primary School cover?

Greentrees Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greentrees Primary School?

Greentrees Primary School is at Sycamore Drive, Bishopdown, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3GZ.