All Saints' Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · 598 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.6
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Wey Valley Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 994of 1,020 places
- Free school meals
- 33.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 194
- Ofsted
- Good, 11 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Wey Valley Academy (URN 138616, until 1 June 2019).
What the data says
Wey Valley Academy has no sixth form. Of the 194 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 71% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.0 against 46.1 across England and 43.2 in Dorset, with 49% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
As an 11–16 school, Wey Valley 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 Dorset and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Wey Valley Academy | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 194 | 3,781 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 71% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Wey Valley Academy | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.0 | 43.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 33% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.61 | 3.79 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.4 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.1 | 46.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 4% | 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 | 192 | 99% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 63% |
| Mathematics | 192 | 99% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 67% |
| English Literature | 183 | 94% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 156 | 80% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 56% |
| History | 102 | 53% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 63% |
| Geography | 92 | 47% | 41% | 2% | 25% | 39% |
| Business Studies | 51 | 26% | 18% | 12% | 20% | 67% |
| Graphic Communication | 48 | 25% | 1% | 19% | 23% | 67% |
| Design and Technology | 45 | 23% | 11% | 2% | 23% | 27% |
| Spanish | 42 | 22% | 19% | 17% | 27% | 69% |
| Photography | 37 | 19% | 6% | 3% | 19% | 30% |
| Physics | 28 | 14% | 23% | 21% | 46% | 82% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 14% | 23% | 21% | 47% | 89% |
| Biology | 28 | 14% | 23% | 25% | 45% | 89% |
| French | 27 | 14% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 85% |
| Art and Design | 20 | 10% | 7% | 5% | 24% | 45% |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 60 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 50 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 28 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 26 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 8 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Dorset
Atlantic Academy Portland
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 769 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.0
Beaminster School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 673 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0
Budmouth Academy Weymouth
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,466 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.0
Dorset Studio School
Studio schools · 332 pupils
64% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.1
Ferndown Upper School
Community school · sixth form · 1,134 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
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.