Sheldon School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chippenham, SN14 6HJ
- Distance
- 5.8km away
The Corsham School
The Tynings, Corsham, SN13 9DF
Local ranking15th of 27 secondary schools in Wiltshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1536
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 11 September 2019. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 228
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 46.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 29.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
75
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 170
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1360
- Boys
- 735 (52%)
- Girls
- 692 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1536 (93% full)
- SEND
- 23.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.3%
- EAL
- 3.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.4%
- SEN Support
- 18.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,695/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.3%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
89.3%
White British
2.8%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
The Tynings
Corsham, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136611
- UKPRN
- 10033325
- Establishment No.
- 4066
- Trust
- THE CORSHAM SCHOOL ACADEMY GROUP
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