Abbeywood Community School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,294 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Academy sponsor led
Mangotsfield School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,191of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 24.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 207
- Ofsted
- Report card, 9 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Mangotsfield School (URN 109320, until 21 April 2015).
What the data says
Mangotsfield School has no sixth form. Of the 208 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 21% moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and 13% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 13% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.3 against 46.1 across England and 42.9 in South Gloucestershire, with 35% 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 | Mangotsfield School | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 208 | 2,687 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 71% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 10% | 36% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 21% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 13% | 7% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Mangotsfield School | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.3 | 42.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 33% | 25% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.65 | 3.73 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 22% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.4 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.4 | 45.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 207 | 100% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 61% |
| Mathematics | 207 | 100% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 59% |
| English Literature | 187 | 90% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 178 | 86% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 49% |
| Geography | 95 | 46% | 41% | 15% | 25% | 49% |
| History | 93 | 45% | 41% | 24% | 26% | 54% |
| Photography | 63 | 30% | 6% | 5% | 19% | 56% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 61 | 29% | 8% | 13% | 21% | 67% |
| Art and Design | 36 | 17% | 7% | 19% | 24% | 72% |
| French | 33 | 16% | 18% | 27% | 29% | 70% |
| German | 32 | 15% | 5% | 16% | 33% | 78% |
| Physical Education | 28 | 14% | 11% | 18% | 24% | 75% |
| Religious Studies | 26 | 13% | 31% | 19% | 32% | 62% |
| Media Studies | 23 | 11% | 4% | 13% | 20% | 57% |
| Biology | 22 | 11% | 23% | 32% | 45% | 82% |
| Computer Science | 22 | 11% | 13% | 18% | 30% | 55% |
| Physics | 21 | 10% | 23% | 48% | 46% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 21 | 10% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 86% |
| Sociology | 19 | 9% | 4% | 21% | 21% | 63% |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 0% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 0% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 52 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 16 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 15 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 14 | — | — |
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.