South Wilts Grammar School

South Wilts Grammar School is a selective girls' grammar in Salisbury with a large sixth form and around 1,185 pupils. The headteacher's welcome gives the school a clear editorial identity: excellence, curiosity and aspiration are linked to a broad, ambitious curriculum and a culture of kindness, involvement and aspiration. The school also names sustainability, equality, diversity and inclusion as two golden threads in its community life.

The academic offer is broad for a selective school. South Wilts says students can choose from 25 A-level qualifications in the sixth form, alongside other Level 3 options such as Sports Leaders Award and Arts Award. The curriculum pages cover subjects, Key Stage 3 assessment, GCSE options, gifted and talented provision, careers, literacy and remote learning. The sixth-form pages describe an aspirational environment grounded in hard work, academic excellence and pastoral care, with a broad curriculum and a strong sense of community.

The wider offer is substantial and varied. The school describes music, sport, clubs and societies, international links and leadership roles, while the site also signposts extra-curricular clubs, Duke of Edinburgh, trips, forms, a library and sixth-form destinations. The tone is warmer than a purely selective profile: relationships are described as trusting, and pastoral care is presented as central for both main school and sixth form.

Year 7 admission has 160 places. The 11+ route uses GL Assessment multiple-choice papers in mathematics, English and verbal reasoning; scores are age-standardised and combined for admissions ranking. Applicants must meet the required academic standard, with a Pupil Premium pass mark 3% lower than the standard pass mark and 10 places reserved for qualifying Pupil Premium applicants. Oversubscription priorities include an EHCP naming the school, looked-after and previously looked-after children, catchment Pupil Premium and service premium, catchment applicants, out-of-catchment Pupil Premium, staff children, out-of-catchment siblings and other eligible applicants by distance. Public measures show Ofsted Good from 2019, +0.79 Progress 8, 98.7% grade 5+ in English and maths, and 23.3% AAB or better at A level.