Secondary school

Abbeyfield School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 11–19
  • Mixed
  • Wiltshire
  • SN15 3XB
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,439 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 44%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 28%28%2016/17: top 45%2017/18: top 38%2018/19: top 65%2021/22: top 49%2022/23: top 50%2023/24: top 51%2024/25: top 44%No exams

A-level results

#155 of 224 South West sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South West

Attainment 846.7 · South West 45.56/10 Middle
Grade 5+ English and maths50.3% · South West 44.2%7/10 Above+20.9 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.01 · South West 3.986/10 Middle−14.8 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.03 · South West −0.026/10 Middle+25 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry31.44 · South West 33.674/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 53.6 · 133 pupils · South West 50.22016/17: 46.9 · 131 pupils · South West 45.62017/18: 48.1 · 91 pupils · South West 45.72018/19: 43.5 · 148 pupils · South West 45.82021/22: 48.6 · 147 pupils · South West 47.52022/23: 45.9 · 163 pupils · South West 45.42023/24: 45.6 · 159 pupils · South West 45.32024/25: 46.7 · 155 pupils · South West 45.4553.643.5No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 53% · 131 pupils · South West 39%2017/18: 41% · 91 pupils · South West 40%2018/19: 31% · 148 pupils · South West 39%2021/22: 45% · 147 pupils · South West 46%2022/23: 40% · 163 pupils · South West 42%2023/24: 45.3% · 159 pupils · South West 44.1%2024/25: 50.3% · 155 pupils · South West 44.2%53%31%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 28.34 · 62 pupils · South West 29.292016/17: 29.73 · 71 pupils · South West 30.032017/18: 31.06 · 56 pupils · South West 30.252018/19: 26.72 · 79 pupils · South West 31.572021/22: 35.76 · 64 pupils · South West 36.992022/23: 30.8 · 77 pupils · South West 33.142023/24: 33.01 · 74 pupils · South West 33.012024/25: 31.44 · 79 pupils · South West 33.6735.7626.72No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
131 of 131 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st131131
2nd703
3rd700

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Goodas predecessor
  4. 2017Goodas predecessor
  5. 2022Goodas predecessor

5 strong areas

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

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026902
Free school meals (past 6 years)26.9%
First language not English5.7%
SEN support5.6%
EHC plan6.0%
Absence (sessions missed)11.7%
Persistently absent pupils26.7%

Girls 47.3%Boys 52.7%

84.4% full · 1,069 places · 164 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.5
Pupils per adult11.0
  • Classroom teachers 45.7
  • Leadership 5.9
  • Teaching assistants 16.4
  • Other support 24.8

Teachers 51.6 FTE · Whole workforce 92.8 · 120 people

Financials

No AAR return published for this school

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

159 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained91.8%
  • Education87.4%
  • Apprenticeship1.9%
  • Employment2.5%
  • Not sustained6.9%
  • Unknown1.3%

After sixth form (16–18)

75 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained84%
  • Education58.7%
  • Higher education57.3%
  • Apprenticeship2.7%
  • Employment22.7%
  • Not sustained13.3%
  • Unknown2.7%