Sheldon School
Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham, SN14 6HJ
Local ranking13th of 29 secondary schools in Wiltshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1800
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.2%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.9%
- Entering EBacc
- 25.4%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9
- Cohort Size
- 268
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 42.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 35.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.5
Avg Points/Entry
33.6
Best 3 A-Levels
142
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.0%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 24.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 286
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1558
- Boys
- 772 (50%)
- Girls
- 786 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1800 (87% full)
- SEND
- 13.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.3%
- EAL
- 8.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.4%
- SEN Support
- 8.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,305/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.5%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.9%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 75.5%
- White Other: 6.7%
- Other: 6.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Asian Chinese: 1.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
75.5%
White British
6.7%
White Other
6.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136632
- UKPRN
- 10033350
- Establishment No.
- 5404
- Trust
- SHELDON SCHOOL