Revealed – where grammar schools’ students come from

The data shows the number of pupils from each primary, junior and private school who have gained places at Bishop Wordsworth’s and South Wilts schools in the last three years.

Although private schools fared well with Leehurst Swan sending most boys to Bishops Wordworth’s and 18 Leaden Hall and 10 Godolphin girls gaining places at South Wilts over the last three years, a large proportion of the year 7 intake attended state primary schools.

This year 18 children from Harnham Junior School and 15 from St Mark’s Junior School – which each have three Year Six classes - gained grammar school places.

Several pupils from popular, smaller village schools also passed the tough 11 Plus exam with eight pupils from Broad Chalke Primary School, seven from Woodford Valley Academy, Gomeldon, and Alderbury and West Grimstead Primary Schools, and nine from Downton Primary School successfully gaining a grammar school place this year.

Ten former Greentrees pupils – almost a third of the Year Six class – went on to grammar school.

Seven children went on to grammar school from St Osmund’s school, and five from Sarum St Pauls and Bemerton St John schools.

South Wilts has had a significantly lower proportion of former private school pupils in its intake over the last three years with 13 per cent coming from private schools compared with 26 per cent at Bishop Wordworth’s.

The data also shows that some pupils travel long distances to attend the grammar schools and have Bath, Southampton and Bournemouth postcodes.

Some small village schools including Dinton, Longford and Newton Tony have not sent any pupils to either grammar school over the last three years according to the figures which were released by the grammar schools.

Other schools such as Pembroke Park, Stratford Sub Castle, Wilton and Barford, Woodlands and St Martin’s have all sent fewer than four pupils to grammar schools over the last three years.