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Greentrees Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedAcademy425 pupilsSalisburyWiltshire
School Chooser Score
91
Well above
similar schools
Likely range 84 to 96
Out of 100. Better than 100% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, April 2025
Reached the expected level at 1170%England 63%
Attendance96.5%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families18%A bit fewer than most schools
PlacesFull425 pupils, 420 places
Pupils per teacher20.9School workforce census

Greentrees Primary School is a converter academy in Salisbury for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 425 pupils, 5 more than it has places for. About 18 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools. We give it 91 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 100% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.

Sycamore Drive, Bishopdown, Salisbury, SP1 3GZ01722 340596greentrees.wilts.sch.ukMr Alan Geary headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 23 April 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Outstanding
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Outstanding
Early years
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

61 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1170%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level20%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score107.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score105.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 80%80%20172018: 76%76%20182019: 80%80%20192023: 69%69%20232024: 71%71%20242025: 70%70%2025
Since 2017: -10%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025202420232019†2018†2017†WiltshireEngland
Pupils tested616362615945
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths70%71%69%80%76%80%60%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths20%3%10%20%15%16%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score107.0107.0108.0108.0107.0107.0105.4105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score105.0106.0106.0108.0105.0107.0103.9104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score105.0107.0107.0109.0107.0108.0104.3105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard82%86%85%89%86%87%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard80%78%79%87%80%84%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)75%78%74%87%86%87%
Reading progressReading progress score+2.8+0.4+0.5+1.9
Maths progressMaths progress score+2.2+0.7-0.6+1.9
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged35%63%62%57%57%57%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged84%73%71%87%79%84%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

† These results are for Greentrees Primary School, the school this one replaced in August 2021. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
35%84%
Gap 49 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
67%75%
Gap 8 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
100%70%
Gap 30 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%20%
Gap 20 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Full421 pupils for 420 places, 2024/25
100% full

The school is full, with 1 more pupils than it has places for. More families apply than can get in, so things like how close you live and whether an older brother or sister is already here decide who gets a place. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Wiltshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll425Census January 2026
Places420101% full
Pupils from low-income families18%18% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English9%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support16%67 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%22 pupils with a plan
Average class size26.616 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils6%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)18%£114,700 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls208 / 217
White British pupils80%

Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) and SEN unit with 0 pupils and a SEN unit with 12 pupils, for autism.

To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Wiltshire with autism provision.

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 29.3 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 27.1 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (27), language and communications needs (22), emotional and mental health (15), Specific learning difficulty (15), Moderate learning difficulty (4), Other difficulty or disability (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census20262025202420232022
Pupils on roll425423434430428
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals18%20%20%18%16%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language9%6%7%8%9%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support14%11%10%7%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans6%6%6%7%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance96.5%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school8.0%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.22024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.7%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence3.5%4.1%4.6%5.5%3.7%3.6%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence2.8%3.3%3.8%5.0%3.3%3.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.7%0.8%0.7%0.6%0.4%0.5%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence8.0%10.6%10.3%12.5%8.5%5.6%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.20.00.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions0000

† These attendance figures are for Greentrees Primary School, the school this one replaced in August 2021. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers20.3full-time equivalent, 26 people
Pupils per teacher20.9Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants12.3full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£52,198
Teachers who left in the year16%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher1.52024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£6,326England £7,128. Total £2.7m
Income per pupil£6,043England £7,587. Total £2.6m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,515England £3,405
Money in reserve10%A healthy amount put by: £263k, £622 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out-£120kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£6,326spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m11212 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate52 per 1,000 people42% lower than the England average
Typical house price£320,000Wiltshire
Nearest bus stop50 mGreentrees Primary School, 16 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Wyndham Park Infants' SchoolAcademy950 m227No overall grade 20252Compare
St Mark's CofE Junior School, SalisburyAcademy0.6 miles346Good 202075Compare
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, LaverstockAcademy0.9 miles186Not inspectedCompare
Old Sarum Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles242No overall grade 20253Compare
Five Rivers Online SchoolOnline provider1.3 milesNot inspectedCompare
Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary SchoolChurch of England1.4 miles214No overall grade 202473Compare
Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolChurch of England1.4 miles147Good 202444Compare
St Martin's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy1.5 miles141Inadequate 20232Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Greentrees Primary School with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats100%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
Near the very top of its group. Its score of 91 is 45 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 47 · highest 85100

No school with a similar mix of pupils within 25 km scores clearly higher.

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 91 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 91% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 84 to 96. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%above
+0.09
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 61 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%well above
+0.31
Ofsted grade, 1.4 years old
Progress pupils make20%above
+0.12
DfE progress measure; 61 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%above
+0.07
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.09
2024/25; 374 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%above
+0.04
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 61 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Greentrees Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Greentrees Primary School scores 91 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 100% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 84 to 96, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Greentrees Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Greentrees Primary School not judged at its last full inspection on 23 April 2025.

How good are Greentrees Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 70% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 20% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Greentrees Primary School have?

425 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 420 places, so it is 101% full.

Is Greentrees Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably. The school was full in 2024/25, with 1 more pupils than places. How close you live, and the school's other admissions rules, decide who gets in.

What is attendance like at Greentrees Primary School?

Pupils were in school 96.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 8% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Greentrees Primary School?

The average class had 26.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 6% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

Does Greentrees Primary School have specialist SEND provision?

Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) and sen unit for autism. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Sycamore Drive, Bishopdown, Salisbury, SP1 3GZ
Telephone
01722 340596
Website
www.greentrees.wilts.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mr Alan Geary
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
Pickwick Academy Trust (21 schools)
Local authority
Wiltshire
Ward
Laverstock
Constituency
Salisbury
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city
Opened
1 August 2021 (academy converter)
URN
148680 · LAESTAB 8652004 · UKPRN 10088908
Formerly
Greentrees Primary School

Where these figures come from