Abbeywood Community School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,294 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Academy sponsor led
Marlwood School
- Pupils on roll
- 510of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 18.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 109
- Ofsted
- Good, 7 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Marlwood School (URN 109325, until 16 September 2014).
What the data says
Of the 78 pupils who finished Year 11 at Marlwood School in 2023, 18% stayed on in Marlwood School’s own sixth form (South Gloucestershire average 36%), 63% went to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.2 against 46.1 across England and 42.9 in South Gloucestershire, with 39% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 South Gloucestershire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Marlwood School | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 78 | 2,687 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 18% | 36% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 63% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 7% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Marlwood School | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.2 | 42.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 54% | 25% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 | 3.73 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 16% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 22.7 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.0 | 45.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 11% | 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 | 106 | 97% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 66% |
| English Language | 106 | 97% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 66% |
| English Literature | 105 | 96% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 71% |
| History | 80 | 73% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 43% |
| Combined Science | 73 | 67% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 42% |
| French | 54 | 50% | 18% | 28% | 29% | 70% |
| Geography | 49 | 45% | 41% | 22% | 25% | 65% |
| 3D Design | 43 | 39% | 2% | 14% | 16% | 47% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 38 | 35% | 8% | 8% | 21% | 34% |
| Physics | 33 | 30% | 23% | 33% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 32 | 29% | 23% | 31% | 47% | 97% |
| Biology | 32 | 29% | 23% | 38% | 45% | 97% |
| Physical Education | 24 | 22% | 11% | 4% | 24% | 50% |
| Business Studies | 23 | 21% | 18% | 9% | 20% | 48% |
| Drama | 20 | 18% | 7% | 15% | 27% | 70% |
| Art and Design | 19 | 17% | 7% | 26% | 24% | 63% |
| Music | 12 | 11% | 5% | 17% | 33% | 50% |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 7% | 31% | 25% | 32% | 38% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 7% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 63% |
| Russian | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Modern Hebrew | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 83% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 5 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in South Gloucestershire
Bradley Stoke Community School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,393 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.6
Brimsham Green School
Community school · sixth form · 1,095 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Chipping Sodbury School
Academy converter · sixth form · 775 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Digitech Studio School
Studio schools · sixth form · 608 pupils
67% stayed in education · Attainment 8 31.2
Downend School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,415 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0
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.