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Hardenhuish School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,519Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136296URN

Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham, SN14 6RJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodApr 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.6 above Wiltshire median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WiltshireSelective

505 applications for 236 places · 5th of 27 in Wiltshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.3of 90
4th of 27 in Wiltshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodApr 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2023

Inspection history

  1. 1 November 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 30 April 2013
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Wiltshire median (1.6) close to England median (2.2)

505 applications · 236 places offered · 272 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  2. 2025 2.2; Wiltshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.4; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  4. 2023 2.5; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  5. 2022 2.3; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  6. 2021 3.1; Wiltshire median median 2.4
  7. 2020 2.4; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 2.4; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 2.4; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.4; Wiltshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.5; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 2.4; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  13. 2014 2.3; Wiltshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Wiltshire median in 13 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 20262365052.12721.15
Sep 20252475482.22881.17
Sep 20242395732.43231.35
Sep 20232355932.52881.23
Sep 20222395462.32501.05
Sep 20212427383.12781.15
Sep 20202576282.43341.30
Sep 20192405642.42421.01
Sep 20182445862.42661.09
Sep 20172435862.42601.07
Sep 20162385922.52300.97
Sep 20152485892.42390.96
Sep 20142345392.32320.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

241 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.34th of 27 in Wiltshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%7th of 27 in Wiltshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths73%
  • This school
  • Wiltshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.14
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)24150.351%73%–
2024/2526347.542%67%–
2023/2423952.154%78%+0.14
2022/2324651.252%73%+0.20

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

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136296 · 865/5414
Trust
Hardenhuish School Limited
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,678 pupils · 1,519 on roll
Free school meals
15.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
Hardenhuish School (URN 126509)
Address
Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham, SN14 6RJ
Local authority
Wiltshire

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