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Shipston High School
- Pupils on roll
- 526of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 23.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 119
- Ofsted
- Good, 11 July 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Shipston High School - A Specialist Technology College (URN 125737, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
Shipston High School has no sixth form. Of the 117 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 51% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 43% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.9 against 46.1 across England and 48.0 in Warwickshire, with 44% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Shipston High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 Warwickshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Shipston High School | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 117 | 6,474 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 26% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 51% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Shipston High School | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.9 | 48.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 29% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.75 | 4.28 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 24.1 | 32.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.3 | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 13% | 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 | 116 | 97% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 75% |
| English Literature | 116 | 97% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 79% |
| English Language | 116 | 97% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 74% |
| Combined Science | 87 | 73% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 51% |
| History | 66 | 55% | 41% | 29% | 26% | 68% |
| Business Studies | 51 | 43% | 18% | 6% | 20% | 65% |
| Geography | 45 | 38% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 60% |
| Biology | 29 | 24% | 23% | 17% | 45% | 90% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 24% | 23% | 10% | 47% | 90% |
| Physics | 29 | 24% | 23% | 10% | 46% | 93% |
| Religious Studies | 28 | 24% | 31% | 32% | 32% | 79% |
| Spanish | 22 | 18% | 19% | 9% | 27% | 18% |
| Drama | 19 | 16% | 7% | 21% | 27% | 95% |
| Textiles | 18 | 15% | 2% | 11% | 27% | 78% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 15% | 13% | 6% | 30% | 50% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 13% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 63% |
| French | 15 | 13% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 80% |
| Physical Education | 13 | 11% | 11% | 15% | 24% | 92% |
| Fine Art | 13 | 11% | 9% | 38% | 28% | 100% |
| Polish | 3 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Photography | 1 | 1% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 6 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Warwickshire
Alcester Grammar School
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97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 73.7
Ash Green School
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.7
Ashlawn School
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.4
Aylesford School Warwick
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.9
Bilton School
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.4
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.