Abbey College, Ramsey
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,096 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
Other independent school · independent
Sancton Wood School
- Pupils on roll
- 363of 390 places
- Free school meals
- —
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 48
- Ofsted
- Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says
The Department for Education has not published where Sancton Wood School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 71% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.
63% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE in 2025 (England 45%). Attainment 8 is not comparable for independent schools, which often enter pupils for IGCSEs that the Department for Education does not count.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cambridgeshire and England.
The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Sancton Wood School | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 52.4 | 48.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 63% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 27% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.64 | 4.36 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | — | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | — | 14% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 47 | 98% | 88% | 40% | 22% | 91% |
| English Language | 46 | 96% | 89% | 33% | 20% | 91% |
| English Literature | 38 | 79% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 95% |
| Biology | 35 | 73% | 23% | 34% | 45% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 34 | 71% | 23% | 35% | 47% | 97% |
| Physics | 34 | 71% | 23% | 44% | 46% | 100% |
| History | 22 | 46% | 41% | 36% | 26% | 100% |
| Geography | 19 | 40% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 100% |
| Business Studies | 17 | 35% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 88% |
| Fine Art | 16 | 33% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 56% |
| Classical Civilisation | 10 | 21% | 1% | 20% | 40% | 80% |
| Spanish | 9 | 19% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 67% |
| Combined Science | 8 | 17% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 63% |
| French | 7 | 15% | 18% | 71% | 29% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 8% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 4% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 4% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Sociology | 2 | 4% | 4% | — | 21% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 2% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Modern Hebrew | 1 | 2% | 0% | — | 83% | — |
| Astronomy | 1 | 2% | 0% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 3 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.