Contested schools in Wiltshire
These are the Wiltshire schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Wiltshire
Secondary schools (10)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Wilts Grammar School | 158 | 230 | 1.46 |
| Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School | 157 | 213 | 1.36 |
| Lavington School | 168 | 205 | 1.22 |
| St John's Marlborough | 265 | 308 | 1.16 |
| Hardenhuish School | 236 | 272 | 1.15 |
| St Augustine's Catholic College | 170 | 178 | 1.05 |
| The Corsham School | 222 | 229 | 1.03 |
| Royal Wootton Bassett Academy | 230 | 222 | 0.97 |
| The Trafalgar School at Downton | 144 | 130 | 0.90 |
| St Laurence School | 219 | 196 | 0.89 |
Primary schools (56)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy | 20 | 32 | 1.60 |
| King's Gate Primary School | 30 | 45 | 1.50 |
| St John's CofE School | 15 | 22 | 1.47 |
| Kington St Michael Church of England Primary School | 21 | 30 | 1.43 |
| Crudwell CofE Primary School | 18 | 25 | 1.39 |
| Newton Tony Church of England Voluntary Controlled School | 14 | 19 | — |
| Wardour Catholic Primary School | 14 | 19 | — |
| Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 20 | 27 | 1.35 |
| Zouch Academy | 60 | 80 | 1.33 |
| Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary School | 17 | 22 | 1.29 |
| Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary School | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Academy | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| St Michael's CofE Aided Primary | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 20 | 24 | 1.20 |
| Sherston CofE Primary School | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Pitton Church of England Primary School | 17 | 20 | 1.18 |
| Bemerton St John Church of England Primary | 30 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Horningsham Primary School | 12 | 14 | — |
| Queen's Crescent School | 60 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Bitham Brook Primary School | 59 | 66 | 1.12 |
| Heddington Church of England Primary School | 10 | 11 | — |
| Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 29 | 31 | 1.07 |
| Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School | 29 | 31 | 1.07 |
| Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Downton CofE VA Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Ludwell Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Ramsbury Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Ridgeway Farm CofE Academy | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 22 | 23 | 1.05 |
| Shaw CE Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| St. Peter's CE Primary Academy | 59 | 61 | 1.03 |
| The Minster CofE Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Wansdyke School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Broad Chalke CofE Primary School | 14 | 14 | — |
| Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary School | 14 | 14 | — |
| Crockerton CofE Primary School | 9 | 9 | — |
| Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 28 | 28 | 1 |
| Ivy Lane Primary School | 60 | 60 | 1 |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge | 34 | 34 | 1 |
| Wyndham Park Infants' School | 33 | 33 | 1 |
| Greentrees Primary School | 49 | 47 | 0.96 |
| Corsham Primary School | 60 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Malmesbury Church of England Primary School | 38 | 36 | 0.95 |
| Monkton Park Primary School | 33 | 31 | 0.94 |
| Bishops Cannings Church of England Primary School | 29 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Great Bedwyn Church of England School | 30 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School | 29 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Princecroft Primary School | 26 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School | 26 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School | 50 | 45 | 0.90 |
| Neston Primary School | 30 | 27 | 0.90 |
| St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington | 11 | 9 | — |
| Cherhill CofE School | 20 | 16 | — |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.