Abbeyfield School
Academy converter · sixth form · 902 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Academy converter
Bradon Forest School
- Pupils on roll
- 987of 1,260 places
- Free school meals
- 18.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 134
- Ofsted
- Good, 28 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bradon Forest School (URN 126503, until 1 September 2015).
What the data says
Bradon Forest School has no sixth form. Of the 204 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 50% moved to a sixth form college, 22% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 50% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.1 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Wiltshire, with 45% 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 Wiltshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bradon Forest School | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 204 | 5,123 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 12% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 50% | 6% | 13% |
| — further education college | 22% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bradon Forest School | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.1 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 47% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.39 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 14% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 27.8 | 32.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.4 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 8% | 8% | 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 | 132 | 99% | 88% | 28% | 22% | 76% |
| English Language | 132 | 99% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 73% |
| English Literature | 124 | 93% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 99 | 74% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 61% |
| History | 71 | 53% | 41% | 37% | 26% | 70% |
| Geography | 57 | 43% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 60% |
| Business Studies | 41 | 31% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 63% |
| Art and Design | 37 | 28% | 7% | 8% | 24% | 84% |
| Religious Studies | 36 | 27% | 31% | 36% | 32% | 81% |
| Sociology | 34 | 25% | 4% | 12% | 21% | 62% |
| German | 33 | 25% | 5% | 36% | 33% | 91% |
| French | 31 | 23% | 18% | 19% | 29% | 71% |
| Biology | 28 | 21% | 23% | 43% | 45% | 96% |
| Physics | 28 | 21% | 23% | 46% | 46% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 21% | 23% | 36% | 47% | 96% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 17% | 13% | 39% | 30% | 91% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 14% | 11% | 11% | 23% | 42% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 16 | 12% | 8% | 19% | 21% | 94% |
| Music | 15 | 11% | 5% | 20% | 33% | 53% |
| 3D Design | 15 | 11% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 27% |
| Drama | 10 | 7% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 90% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 13 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 10 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 6 | — | — |
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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.