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Matravers School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 958Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 126510URN

Springfield Road, Westbury, BA13 3QH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.1per place
0.5 below Wiltshire median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WiltshireSelective

185 applications for 167 places · 25th of 27 in Wiltshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.1of 90
10th of 27 in Wiltshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.1applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Wiltshire median (1.6) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

185 applications · 167 places offered · 164 named it first

  1. 2026 1.1; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.2; Wiltshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.2; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  4. 2023 1.1; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.2; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.6; Wiltshire median median 2.4
  7. 2020 1.3; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.3; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.3; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.3; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.3; Wiltshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Wiltshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Wiltshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261671851.11640.98
Sep 20251782111.21760.99
Sep 20241571811.21560.99
Sep 20231461631.11450.99
Sep 20221601881.21550.97
Sep 20211492431.61440.97
Sep 20201221641.31140.93
Sep 20191421821.31370.96
Sep 20181361841.41320.97
Sep 20171061471.41040.98
Sep 20161151461.31130.98
Sep 20151201551.31160.97
Sep 20141041381.31000.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

162 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.110th of 27 in Wiltshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%15th of 27 in Wiltshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths64%
  • This school
  • Wiltshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.16
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16247.141%64%–
2024/2513747.043%64%–
2023/2413745.035%60%+0.16
2022/2314645.232%53%−0.04

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
126510 · 865/5415
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,174 pupils · 958 on roll
Free school meals
23.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
Springfield Road, Westbury, BA13 3QH
Local authority
Wiltshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources