Skip to content

HEAD MASTER'S WELCOME

Welcome to BWS – Mike Thorne, Interim Head Master 2025-2026

Founded in 1890 by Bishop John Wordsworth, BWS has been proudly educating children from Salisbury and its surrounds for over 130 years. At its founding the school sought to be a centre for excellence in education right at the very heart of Salisbury. This remains the case and although we have expanded somewhat from the original 40 boys to a cohort of nearly 1200 boys (yr 7-13) and girls (yr 12-13) we have kept to the vision of our Founder and seek to encourage all our pupils to develop their potential to the full by setting themselves the highest standards of excellence and achievement. I hope the pages that follow give you a sense of the ambition, character and community that define Bishop Wordsworth’s School.

C70FA7CD41819A2A14F2A8357FF85146.jpg

You have not allowed cookies and this content may contain cookies.

If you would like to view this content please

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • 30 August

    Rugby Union 1st XV vs South Coast Kings Rugby Tournament

    10:00am – 5:00pm
  • 30 August

    Rugby Union Boys-U15A vs South Coast Kings Rugby Tournament

    10:00am – 5:00pm
  • 31 August

    Week A

    All Day
  • 1 September

    TDD

    All Day
  • 1 September

    Rugby Union 1st XV Training

    1:10pm – 1:30pm
  • 2 September

    TDD

    All Day
  • 2 September

    Y13 Work Experience Placements

    All Day
  • 3 September

    Y13 Work Experience Placements

    All Day
  • 3 September

    Rugby Union 1st XV Training

    1:10pm – 1:30pm
  • 3 September

    Rugby Union 1st XV Training

    4:10pm – 5:00pm
  • 4 September

    Y7, Y8 & Y9 Individual Photographs

    All Day
  • 4 September

    Y13 Work Experience Placements

    All Day
  • 4 September

    Rugby Union 1st XV Training

    1:10pm – 1:40pm
  • 5 September

    Rugby Union 1st XV vs Churchers U18 Preseason Festival

    10:30am – 5:00pm
  • 7 September

    Week B

    All Day
  • 7 September

    Briefing

    8:45am – 8:55am
  • 7 September

    Rugby Union 1st XV Training

    1:10pm – 1:40pm
  • 7 September

    Rugby Union 1st XV Training

    1:10pm – 1:40pm
    • View Full Calendar
    Term Dates

    Cookie Policy

    BWS A Level results 2026

    For the students receiving their A Level results at BWS today, an extraordinary number of doors are now wide open. This has been an exceptional year with 84% of all grades were awarded at A*–B, while 59% were at A* or A - a fantastic increase of ten percentage points on last year. The average grade achieved across the school was an A and the provisional progress figures are higher than ever demonstrating the considerable gains made by students during their Sixth Form studies with us.

    There are some outstanding individual achievements within those figures. Ten students achieved A* grades in every subject they took, while 65 students completed their A Levels with exclusively A* and A grades. They deserve enormous congratulations.

    Read More