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St Martin's CofE Primary School

Primary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Inadequate (Jan 2023). Special measures.

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 17 January 2023, report published 12 March 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.

This grade was given to St Martin's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. St Martin's CofE Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Early yearsInadequate
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 January 2027

The last inspection was in January 2023. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. That’s within the next six months.

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 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. 0.6 milesSt Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury

    Primary, Salisbury, Wiltshire

    School remains Good (Mar 2024)

  2. 0.9 milesSt Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock

    Primary, Salisbury, Wiltshire

    Standards maintained (Dec 2024)

  3. 1.0 milesSt Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury

    Primary, Salisbury, Wiltshire

    Standards maintained (Apr 2025)

  4. 1.0 milesWyndham Park Infants' School

    Primary, Salisbury, Wiltshire

    No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Feb 2025)

  5. 1.1 milesHarnham Church of England Controlled Junior School

    Primary, Salisbury, Wiltshire

    Report card, May 2026: 5 expected, 1 needs attention

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