Secondary school

The Deanery CofE Academy

  • Free School
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Anglican/Church of England
  • Swindon
  • SN1 7DA
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Inadequate · inspected Sep 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,458 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 45%

Top % in England, by year
2023/24: top 80%80%2024/25: top 45%

Against South West

Attainment 846.6 · South West 45.56/10 Middle
Grade 5+ English and maths50.3% · South West 44.2%7/10 Above
EBacc point score4.14 · South West 3.986/10 Middle
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.59 · South West −0.021/10 Well below South West
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Attainment 8
2023/24: 39.5 · 130 pupils · South West 45.32024/25: 46.6 · 161 pupils · South West 45.4546.639.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
2023/24: 36.9% · 130 pupils · South West 44.1%2024/25: 50.3% · 161 pupils · South West 44.2%50.3%36.9%

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
46 of 46 who put it first2020 · 98.9%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st4646
2nd875
3rd772

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2023–2024

  1. 2023Inadequateas predecessor
  2. 2024Ungraded visitas predecessor

0 strong areas

4 weak areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026670
Free school meals (past 6 years)21.9%
First language not English32.8%
SEN support11.3%
EHC plan2.7%
Absence (sessions missed)9.0%
Persistently absent pupils25.3%

Girls 49.9%Boys 50.1%

63.8% full · 1,050 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.3
Pupils per adult9.5
  • Classroom teachers 43
  • Leadership 4
  • Teaching assistants 18.1
  • Other support 22.5

Teachers 47 FTE · Whole workforce 87.6 · 96 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,208
Spend per pupil£8,849
Staff spend per pupil£6,848
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • −£492,000in-year balance

Grants £7,797 · self-generated £411 · premises £565 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE PARK ACADEMIES TRUST (8 academies) · trust reserve £4,127,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

130 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained88.5%
  • Education83.1%
  • Apprenticeship3.8%
  • Employment1.5%
  • Not sustained4.6%
  • Unknown6.9%