Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in WiltshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry271 applications · 135 places offered · 131 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- 2025 2.2; Wiltshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2024 2.1; Wiltshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2023 2.1; Wiltshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2022 2.2; Wiltshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 4.5; Wiltshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2020 2.3; Wiltshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 2.4; Wiltshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2018 2.1; Wiltshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 2.4; Wiltshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.8; Wiltshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.1; Wiltshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Wiltshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Wiltshire median
Dashed bars: as Abbeyfield School (URN 131969), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 135 | 271 | 2.0 | 131 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 * | 147 | 326 | 2.2 | 132 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 * | 114 | 240 | 2.1 | 102 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 * | 113 | 239 | 2.1 | 104 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 * | 126 | 277 | 2.2 | 125 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 * | 114 | 517 | 4.5 | 105 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 * | 149 | 349 | 2.3 | 138 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 163 | 383 | 2.4 | 148 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 * | 166 | 350 | 2.1 | 162 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 * | 144 | 342 | 2.4 | 138 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 * | 137 | 382 | 2.8 | 134 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 * | 156 | 334 | 2.1 | 144 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 * | 130 | 282 | 2.2 | 129 | 0.99 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Abbeyfield SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.0applications per place
- 3.3 km · WiltshireGood20242.2applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · WiltshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · Wiltshire20261.2applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · WiltshireStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 10.2 km · WiltshireGood20221.1applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 13.5 km · WiltshireGraded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 14.9 km · WiltshireOutstanding20241.3applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
- 16.0 km · WiltshireRemains Good20221.4applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 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
- 151948 · 865/4000
- Trust
- The Athelstan Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,069 pupils · 902 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2025
- Replaced
- Abbeyfield School (URN 131969)
- Address
- Stanley Lane, Chippenham, SN15 3XB
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources