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Devizes School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 947Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138630URN

The Green, Devizes, SN10 3AG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • 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

146 applications for 136 places · 26th of 27 in Wiltshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.6of 90
16th of 27 in Wiltshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 1 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
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) 1.2 below England median (2.2)

146 applications · 136 places offered · 104 named it first

  1. 2026 1.1; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.1; Wiltshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  4. 2023 1.2; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.2; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.7; Wiltshire median median 2.4
  7. 2020 1.2; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.2; Wiltshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 1.4; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.2; Wiltshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.3; Wiltshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.4; 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 20261361461.11040.76
Sep 20251611841.11340.83
Sep 20241241671.41241.00
Sep 20231732121.21700.98
Sep 20221832271.21750.96
Sep 20211983421.71770.89
Sep 20201962281.21680.86
Sep 20191902321.21670.88
Sep 20181452001.41350.93
Sep 20172072521.21870.90
Sep 20161582021.31350.85
Sep 20151311771.41290.98
Sep 20141531911.31390.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

202 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.616th of 27 in Wiltshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%17th 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)+0.27
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20244.640%64%–
2024/2518245.345%69%–
2023/2418846.350%68%+0.27
2022/2315343.438%63%+0.22

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138630 · 865/5411
Trust
The White Horse Federation
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,355 pupils · 947 on roll
Free school meals
24.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
Devizes School (URN 126506)
Address
The Green, Devizes, SN10 3AG
Local authority
Wiltshire

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