South West
Secondary schools in Wiltshire
261 schools, 73,948 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 37.1.
Ofsted across Wiltshire
Good126
Requires improvement15
Outstanding7
Inadequate1
No overall grade112
149 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 112 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Wiltshire
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Wilts Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Salisbury | No grade | 77 |
| Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Salisbury | Outstanding 2022 | 73.1 |
| St Laurence SchoolAcademy converter | Bradford-on-Avon | Good 2022 | 54.5 |
| St Augustine's Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Trowbridge | Good 2024 | 51.4 |
| Royal Wootton Bassett AcademyAcademy converter | Swindon | No grade | 51 |
| St John's MarlboroughAcademy converter | Marlborough | No grade | 50.9 |
| Lavington SchoolAcademy converter | Devizes | Good 2023 | 50.3 |
| Malmesbury SchoolAcademy converter | Malmesbury | Outstanding 2024 | 49.8 |
| Bradon Forest SchoolAcademy converter | Swindon | Good 2023 | 48.1 |
| Hardenhuish SchoolAcademy converter | Chippenham | Good 2023 | 47.5 |
| The Corsham SchoolAcademy converter | Corsham | No grade | 47.5 |
| Matravers SchoolFoundation school | Westbury | Good 2022 | 47 |
| Devizes SchoolAcademy converter | Devizes | No grade | 45.3 |
| Sheldon SchoolAcademy converter | Chippenham | Good 2024 | 45.2 |
| The John of Gaunt SchoolAcademy converter | Trowbridge | Good 2024 | 44.3 |
| The Trafalgar School at DowntonAcademy converter | Salisbury | Good 2023 | 44.3 |
| Kingdown SchoolAcademy converter | Warminster | Good 2022 | 42.8 |
| Wyvern St Edmund's AcademyAcademy converter | Salisbury | No grade | 42.2 |
| The Wellington AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Ludgershall | Good 2022 | 42.1 |
| Melksham Oak Community SchoolAcademy converter | Melksham | Good 2022 | 41.4 |
| St Joseph's Catholic SchoolVoluntary aided school | Salisbury | Requires improvement 2024 | 40.4 |
| The Clarendon AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Trowbridge | Good 2023 | 39.8 |
| Kingsbury Green AcademyAcademy converter | Calne | No grade | 39.6 |
| The Stonehenge SchoolCommunity school | Amesbury | Good 2022 | 37.4 |
| Avon Valley AcademyAcademy converter | Salisbury | No grade | 34.8 |
| Sarum AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Salisbury | Good 2023 | 33.7 |
| Pewsey Vale SchoolAcademy converter | Pewsey | Requires improvement 2023 | — |
| Abbeyfield SchoolAcademy converter | Chippenham | Good 2022 | — |