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Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary School

Primary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Requires improvement (Sep 2021).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 28 September 2021, report published 21 November 2021, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early yearsGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around March 2024

The last inspection was in September 2021. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

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  3. 3.1 milesSt Martin's CofE Primary School

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  4. 3.2 milesSt Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock

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  5. 3.3 milesSt Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury

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    School remains Good (Mar 2024)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.