Silverwood School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- Devizes, SN10 2QQ
- Distance
- 4.4km away
Downland School
Downlands Road, Devizes, SN10 5EF
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
90
Capacity
10-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 6.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 17
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Continued in education
- 67.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 11.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 88
- Boys
- 67 (76%)
- Girls
- 21 (24%)
- Capacity
- 90 (98% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 58.0%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 5.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £40,241/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 20.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 44.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 95.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- White Traveller: 1.1%
- Other: 1.1%
95.5%
White British
2.3%
Mixed Other
1.1%
White Traveller
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Downlands Road
Devizes, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 126550
- UKPRN
- 10015312
- Establishment No.
- 7007
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