Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School
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.
UPCOMING EVENTS
11 May
Y12 Data Drop 3 Issued (Data Only)
All Day
11 May
Y10 Data Drop 3 Issued (Data Only)
All Day
11 May
LT Snap: 11/5 - 15/5
All Day
11 May
Y12 Geography Fieldwork - Sidmouth
All Day
11 May
Cricket Boys-U15A vs Embley
2:15pm – 6:15pm
11 May
Biscuits & Books Club - Library
3:55pm – 4:25pm
11 May
Fencing Club (Booking Essential) - ISR
4:00pm – 5:30pm
12 May
LT Snap: 11/5 - 15/5
All Day
12 May
11+ Appeal Hearings - Sarum College: 12/5 - 15/5
All Day
12 May
Y9 Sexual Health Talks (Day 2)
All Day
12 May
Y9 RS Trip to Gurdwara, Southampton (Group 1 - 9G & 9H)
9:00am – 1:30pm
12 May
*Timings tbc. Athletics Schools Cup Inter Boys
12:00pm – 2:00pm
12 May
Cricket Boys-U14A vs Embley
2:15pm – 5:30pm
12 May
Intermediate Coding Club, IT3
4:00pm – 5:00pm
13 May
Y8 Parents’ Evening 17:00-20:00
All Day
13 May
LT Snap: 11/5 - 15/5
All Day
13 May
11+ Appeal Hearings - Sarum College: 12/5 - 15/5
All Day
13 May
Y9 RS Trip to Gurdwara, Southampton (Group 2 - 9A & 9B)
9:00am – 1:30pm
Latest News Stories
On Friday we celebrated our Founders Day with a service in the cathedral honouring Bishop Wordsworth
50 Year 12 students are in the Welsh mountains for their DofE Gold practice expedition.
Over 40 of our History students visited Ypres and the war memorials just before Easter.
Our geography students have flown out to the Italian coast near Naples and are visiting Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri and Vesuvius as part of their stay.
A huge thank you and well done to all our senior rugby players. The boys at the start of the Rosslyn Park 7s week topped their group, just falling short in their knock out match.
Congrats to our 1st XI who went undefeated in the county to win the Wiltshire Cup this week against Marlborough College in the final.
We were delighted to host this year’s Salisbury Schools’ Book Awards Ceremony.
Year 7 students delivered an unforgettable evening as they competed in the semi-finals of the Poetry by Heart competition.
The BBC were in school filming a report about William Golding’s Lord of the Flies
First day of three trips to Swanage with year 8 students.
Six of our Music department pupils took part in a brilliant afternoon of music at the Salisbury round of the Rotary Young Musician of the Year at Godolphin School
A HUGE result in the race for the House Cup!
A team of sixth-form students from BWS has taken first place in a national chemistry competition.
BWS are runners up in the National Choir finals in Birmingham
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