Which school has the best GCSE results in Wiltshire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, South Wilts Grammar School tops the table in Wiltshire with 77.0, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Wiltshire schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Wiltshire show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Wiltshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

34 state secondary schools in Wiltshire ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 3 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 10 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 37 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Wiltshire ranked on Attainment 8

34 of 37 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Wiltshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	South Wilts Grammar School Salisbury · Academy converter	77.0	99%	99%	7.05	156
2	Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School Salisbury · Academy converter	73.1	97%	99%	6.85	157
3	St Laurence School Bradford-on-Avon · Academy converter	54.5	58%	83%	4.65	219
4	The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College Swindon · Academy converter	53.5	62%	78%	5.08	270
5	St Augustine's Catholic College Trowbridge · Academy converter	51.4	52%	77%	4.46	159
6	Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Swindon · Academy converter	51.0	56%	75%	4.47	278
7	St John's Marlborough Marlborough · Academy converter	50.9	57%	72%	4.75	259
8	Lavington School Devizes · Academy converter	50.3	58%	78%	4.40	172
9	Swindon Academy Swindon · Academy sponsor led	50.2	57%	76%	4.59	169
10	Malmesbury School Malmesbury · Academy converter	49.8	49%	73%	4.57	221
11	Nova Hreod Academy Swindon · Academy converter	49.1	53%	66%	4.67	179
12	Bradon Forest School Swindon · Academy converter	48.1	45%	69%	4.39	134
13=	Hardenhuish School Chippenham · Academy converter	47.5	42%	67%	4.14	263
13=	The Corsham School Corsham · Academy converter	47.5	46%	63%	4.12	204
15=	Lydiard Park Academy Swindon · Academy converter	47.0	43%	66%	4.09	214
15=	Matravers School Westbury · Foundation school	47.0	43%	64%	4.11	137
17	The Commonweal School Swindon · Academy converter	46.3	38%	64%	4.12	214
18	Devizes School Devizes · Academy converter	45.3	45%	69%	4.23	182
19	Sheldon School Chippenham · Academy converter	45.2	42%	65%	3.89	268
20=	The Dorcan Academy Swindon · Academy converter	44.3	45%	63%	3.79	163
20=	The John of Gaunt School Trowbridge · Academy converter	44.3	39%	64%	3.79	234
20=	The Trafalgar School at Downton Salisbury · Academy converter	44.3	46%	65%	3.81	149
23	Kingdown School Warminster · Academy converter	42.8	30%	56%	3.67	244
24	Wyvern St Edmund's Academy Salisbury · Academy converter	42.2	40%	57%	3.61	243
25	The Wellington Academy Ludgershall · Academy sponsor led	42.1	34%	57%	3.53	185
26	Melksham Oak Community School Melksham · Academy converter	41.4	31%	64%	3.72	204
27	St Joseph's Catholic School Salisbury · Voluntary aided school	40.4	39%	62%	3.21	117
28	The Clarendon Academy Trowbridge · Academy sponsor led	39.8	27%	56%	3.48	158
29	Kingsbury Green Academy Calne · Academy converter	39.6	30%	48%	3.37	162
30	St Joseph's Catholic College Swindon · Academy converter	38.0	28%	49%	3.22	278
31	The Stonehenge School Amesbury · Community school	37.4	26%	47%	2.98	199
32	Avon Valley Academy Salisbury · Academy converter	34.8	18%	46%	2.92	77
33	Sarum Academy Salisbury · Academy sponsor led	33.7	24%	43%	2.75	109
34	UTC Swindon Swindon · University technical college	32.4	25%	45%	2.46	67
–	Abbeyfield School Chippenham · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Five Rivers Virtual Education Salisbury · Online provider · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Pewsey Vale School Pewsey · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Wiltshire with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Brunel College Other independent school	0.5	0%	15
Dauntsey's School Devizes · Other independent school	29.4	0%	125
Emmaus School Trowbridge · Other independent school	30.0	0%	8
Godolphin School Other independent school	24.6	0%	66
Leehurst Swan School Other independent school	23.3	0%	28
Marlborough College Wiltshire · Other independent school	23.3	0%	194
Oneschool Global Uk Salisbury Campus Salisbury · Other independent school	50.9	56%	18
St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep Calne · Other independent school	37.9	0%	61
Stonar School Wiltshire · Other independent school	27.6	0%	52
Warminster School Warminster · Other independent school	31.8	0%	65

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Wiltshire on our composite score

Wiltshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Wiltshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Wiltshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Wiltshire

Wiltshire GCSE results: common questions