South Wilts Grammar School

Selective

National rank

45

96

Rank last year

79.9%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

78%

GCSE

GCSE

9/8/7

Secondary School of the Year in the Southwest 2026

Need to know

Head teacher Amanda Smith
Attendance 96.4%
Gender of entry Girls
Send pupils* 5.1% *Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils 1,198
Pupils on free school meals 2.4%
Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
Our methodology
Results

A-level 2025 rank: 63=

Grade

%

A*

14.8

A

29.2

B

35.9

A*/A

44

A*-B

79.9

GCSE 2025 rank: 37

Grade

%

9/8

57.1

7

20.9

9/8/7

78

What the school inspection says

“Pupils are exceptionally proud to belong to this welcoming and vibrant school. The school has high expectations of all pupils; pupils meet and exceed these expectations. This is reflected both in the school’s exceptional academic outcomes and in the way that pupils, and students in the sixth form, conduct themselves. They show high levels of respect for one another. The school’s values of ‘be kind, be involved, be aspirational’ are demonstrated by all members of the school community ... The school has designed an exceptionally ambitious curriculum. Pupils study a broad range of subjects at Key Stage 3 and are well supported when choosing which subjects to take at GCSE and A-level ... When students join the sixth form from other schools, they quickly become part of the ‘SWGS‘ community.”
Inspection
2025
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

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