Salisbury Cathedral School
Salisbury Cathedral School is an independent school in Salisbury for boys and girls aged 2 to 13. It has 230 pupils and room for 300.
1 The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EQ01722 555300salisburycathedralschool.comMrs Sally Moulton headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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 the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 230 | 215 | 220 | 220 | 219 | 214 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 27% | 15% | 16% | 5% | 10% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
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 schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury | Roman Catholic | 170 m | 209 | Good 2024 | 90 | Compare |
| Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School | Academy (grammar) | 240 m | 1,193 | Report card 2026 | 96 | Compare |
| Salisbury Sixth Form College | Free schools 16 to 19 | 740 m | 451 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Five Rivers Online School | Online provider | 860 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School | Church of England | 900 m | 265 | Report card 2026 | 15 | Compare |
| Harnham Infants' School | Council | 900 m | 215 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Chafyn-Godolphin | Independent | 920 m | 255 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Martin's CofE Primary School | Academy | 940 m | 141 | Inadequate 2023 | 2 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Salisbury Cathedral School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Salisbury Cathedral School yet.
How many pupils does Salisbury Cathedral School have?
230 pupils aged 2 to 13 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 300 places, so it is 77% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 1 The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EQ
- Telephone
- 01722 555300
- Website
- www.salisburycathedralschool.com
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sally Moulton
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-13, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Ward
- Salisbury Harnham East
- Constituency
- Salisbury
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1945
- URN
- 126518 · LAESTAB 8656022 · UKPRN 10073492
- Formerly
- Leaden Hall School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.