Abbeyfield School
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Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,337of 1,400 places
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 243
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 18 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: St Edmund's Girls' School (URN 137827, until 31 August 2022); Wyvern College (URN 134199, until 1 April 2017).
What the data says
Wyvern St Edmund's Academy has no sixth form. Of the 262 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 10% moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 95% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.2 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Wiltshire, with 40% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Wyvern St Edmund's Academy 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 Wiltshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Wyvern St Edmund's Academy | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 262 | 5,123 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 37% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 10% | 6% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Wyvern St Edmund's Academy | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.2 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 16% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.61 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 21% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.0 | 32.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.7 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 236 | 97% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 67% |
| Mathematics | 236 | 97% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 66% |
| Religious Studies | 231 | 95% | 31% | 10% | 32% | 55% |
| English Literature | 229 | 94% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 67% |
| Combined Science | 203 | 84% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 62% |
| History | 126 | 52% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 59% |
| Geography | 96 | 40% | 41% | 16% | 25% | 59% |
| Art and Design | 52 | 21% | 7% | 4% | 24% | 50% |
| Physical Education | 49 | 20% | 11% | 22% | 24% | 90% |
| Design and Technology | 40 | 16% | 11% | 18% | 23% | 43% |
| Spanish | 38 | 16% | 19% | 16% | 27% | 76% |
| Business Studies | 31 | 13% | 18% | 10% | 20% | 58% |
| Drama | 26 | 11% | 7% | 8% | 27% | 85% |
| Biology | 25 | 10% | 23% | 44% | 45% | 100% |
| French | 25 | 10% | 18% | 20% | 29% | 80% |
| Chemistry | 25 | 10% | 23% | 44% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 25 | 10% | 23% | 32% | 46% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 22 | 9% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 32% |
| Music | 10 | 4% | 5% | 40% | 33% | 90% |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 58 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Tourism | 24 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 14 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 9 | — | — |
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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.