List of oldest schools in Wiltshire

A list of the oldest schools in Wiltshire, England, in the order of their date of foundation.

Salisbury Cathedral School,
the oldest school in Wiltshire (and the 18th oldest in the United Kingdom)

## Schools still in operation

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2019)

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Rank  | School name  | Location  | Established  | Age (years)

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1  | Salisbury Cathedral School | Salisbury | 1091[1] | 934
2  | Dauntsey's School | West Lavington | 1542 [2] | 483
3  | Warminster School | Warminster | 1707 [3] | 318
4  | Box Primary School | Box | 1708 [4] | 317
5  | Godolphin School | Salisbury | 1726 [5] | 299
6  | St Mary's School, Broughton Gifford  | Broughton Gifford | 1782 [6] | 243
7  | Matravers School | Westbury | 1814 [7] | 211
8  | St Edmund's Girls' School | Laverstock | 1815 [8] | 210
9  | Lacock Primary School  | Lacock | 1824 [9] | 201
10  | Preshute Church of England Primary School  | Preshute | 1833 [10] | 192
11  | Marlborough College | Marlborough | 1843 [11] | 182
12  | Pitton Primary School  | Pitton | 1850[12] | 175
13  | Neston Primary School  | Neston | 1861 [13] | 164
14  | St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School  | Devizes | 1864 [14] | 161
15  | St Mary's School, Calne | Calne | 1873[15] | 152
16  | Chafyn Grove School | Salisbury | 1879  | 146
17  | Sandroyd School | Tollard Royal | 1888[16] | 137
18  | Bishop Wordsworth's School | Salisbury | 1889[17] | 136
19  | Stonar School | Atworth | 1895[18] | 130

## Former schools and colleges

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Rank  | Name  | Location  | Established  | Closed  | Age (years)

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1  | College of the Valley Scholars | Salisbury | 1262[19] | 1542[19] |
2  | Heytesbury Grammar School  | Heytesbury | 1472[20] | Late 17th or early 18th century[21][22] |
3  | Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School | Marlborough | 1550[23] | 1975  | 424–425
4  | City Grammar School, Salisbury | Salisbury | 1561[24][25] | 1865[26]
5  | Bentley's School, Calne | Calne | 1660/1665[27] | 1974  | 310–311
6  | Fitzmaurice Grammar School | Bradford-on-Avon | 1897[28] | 1980  | 82–83

## See also

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* List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom
* List of schools in Wiltshire

## References

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1. ^ "Salisbury Cathedral School". History & Inspection Reports. Retrieved 6 February 2019
2. ^ "Dauntsey's". History of the School. Retrieved 6 February 2019
3. ^ "Warminster School". 17 February 2023. Our History. Retrieved 6 February 2019
4. ^ "Wiltshire Community History". Box - Box Church of England Primary School, Box. Retrieved 6 February 2019
5. ^ "UK Boarding Schools". Godolphin, Salisbury. Retrieved 6 February 2019
6. ^ "St.Mary's Broughton Gifford V.C. C. of E. Primary". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
7. ^ "Westbury Heritage Society". Schools. Retrieved 7 February 2019
8. ^ "St Edmund's Girls' School, Salisbury". Heritage and history. Retrieved 7 February 2019
9. ^ "Lacock Primary". The History of Lacock Church of England Primary School. Retrieved 8 February 2019
10. ^ "Preshute Primary". History of our School. Retrieved 8 February 2019
11. ^ "Marlborough College". College History. Retrieved 9 February 2019
12. ^ Historic England. "Pitton Church of England Primary School (1246937)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
13. ^ "Neston Primary". Neston - A Brief History. Retrieved 7 February 2019
14. ^ "St Joseph's Catholic Primary School". History of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. Retrieved 7 February 2019
15. ^ Kay Stedmond St Mary's School Calne 1873–1986 (B. A. Hathaway, 1986, ISBN 0-948640-10-3), p. 6
16. ^ Sandroyd - 1888 to Present Day, sandroyd.org, accessed 27 July 2020
17. ^ Frederick Crossfield Happold, Bishop Wordsworth's School 1890–1950 (Printed for Bishop Wordsworth's School, 1950), p. 7
18. ^ "Stonar School". School History. Retrieved 7 February 2019
19. ^ a b Arthur Francis Leach, "The earliest University College in England at Salisbury, 1262" in Educational Charters and Documents 598 to 1909 (Cambridge University Press, 1911), p. 164
20. ^ Arthur Francis Leach, The Schools of Medieval England (Dalcassian Publishing Company, 1915), p. 272
21. ^ "Hospitals: St John and St Katherine, Heytesbury", in A History of the County of Wiltshire, Vol. 3. (London: Victoria County History, 1956), [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol3/pp337-340 pp. 337-340]
22. ^ Arthur Francis Leach, English Schools at the Reformation 1546-8 (1896), p. 29: "Another singular story of the disappearance of an ancient foundation is that of Heytesbury School attached to Heytesbury Hospital in Wiltshire. This was (pp. 256, 262) the Hospital of S. John Baptist of the foundation of Margaret Lady Hungerford…"
23. ^ The Educational Calendar and Scholastic Year-book for 1871, p. 87
24. ^ Nicholas Carlisle, A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales, Volume 2 (Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818), p. 746 (noting attendance at the school of Simon Forman)
25. ^ Hugh Chisholm, "Forman, Simon", in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 10 (Cambridge University Press, 1911), p. 668
26. ^ "City Grammar School, Salisbury" in Wiltshire Community History, Wiltshire Council, accessed 22 October 2023
27. ^ "The Bentley School, Calne", in Wiltshire Victoria County History, Vol. 5 (London: Victoria County History, 1957), pp. 348–368
28. ^ Keith Berry, Bradford on Avon's schools: the story of education in a small Wiltshire town (Bradford on Avon, Ex Libris Books, 1998 ISBN 0-948578-96-3, p: 123