Abbeywood Community School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,294 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
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SGS Pegasus School
- Pupils on roll
- 134of 110 places
- Free school meals
- 23.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 17
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 1 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at SGS Pegasus School in 2023, 0% stayed on in SGS Pegasus School’s own sixth form (South Gloucestershire average 36%), 89% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 12.6 against 46.1 across England and 42.9 in South Gloucestershire, with 12% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
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 | SGS Pegasus School | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 9 | 2,687 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 36% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 89% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 11% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 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 | SGS Pegasus School | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 12.6 | 42.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 12% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 18% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.08 | 3.73 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 35% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 11.7 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 13.1 | 45.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 10 | 59% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 10% |
| English Language | 8 | 47% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| Mathematics | 8 | 47% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 8 | 47% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 63% |
| English Literature | 7 | 41% | 86% | 0% | 21% | 29% |
| Design and Technology | 4 | 24% | 11% | — | 23% | — |
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.