Song for Christmas Dates Revealed

Salisbury Radio has revealed the dates when each school across South Wiltshire and West Hampshire will air its Song for Christmas on the radio.

The annual festive competition launches on Tuesday, 1st December, with Pembroke Park being the first school to have their song played on the radio. 

Last year's winners, St Nicholas Primary School (Porton), will hear their song broadcast on the radio on Saturday, 9th December.

Their winning song from 2025: 

Back for its fifth year, Song for Christmas has proven as popular as ever, and thanks to the support of Elite Care, Salisbury Radio will be presenting the winning school with vouchers worth £250 to purchase new musical equipment and the all important Song for Christmas Trophy.

The judging panel, made up of Jan Paterson, Joy Wagstaff, Sandra Crook, Jenny Vokes and head judge Anne Munns, all former head teachers from the local area, will judge the songs without knowing which school has performed them. 

This year's competition wraps up on Christmas Day, with the winners declared on air, and Craig Hicks announcing the trophy winner at 11:20 am.

This year, schools have selected a wide variety of songs, with chart-topping anthems and classic hymns all featuring in this year's competition. 

Each school's song will be played twice during the day, both at 8:20 am and 4:20 pm on Salisbury Radio. You can tune in to hear Song for Christmas in December on Salisbury Radio via DAB, Smart Speakers (ask them to 'Play Salisbury Radio'), the website, or the free-to-download Salisbury Radio app. 

After each song is played on the radio, families and friends can download their track for £1, with proceeds donated to Stars Appeal.

You can find the full list of schools taking part and their date of broadcast below:

In addition to the songs being played on the radio, 13 of our schools will come together to perform in the Song for Christmas Carol Concerts at Sarum Academy in early December. Each school will perform their Song for Christmas and combine as a mass choir to sing for an audience full of families and friends. 

Over the next few weeks, Andy will be travelling across the area to record each school's song. He said, "It's exciting to be embarking on my annual journey across the area to hear primary-aged children singing Christmas songs. It fills me up with the joy of Christmas before December has even arrived.

"I can't wait to hear all their songs, and I am sure, like every year, it will be evident how much work has been put into rehearsing and preparing for Song for Christmas. As always, I must say a huge thank you to the teachers and staff at all of our participating schools for the time they put into Song for Christmas; without them, it just wouldn't happen.

A huge thanks to everyone who supports us in doing this from Magna Learning Partnership, our judges and Helen Rawnson who is my partner in crime in arranging the carol concerts."