The Deanery CofE Academy
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
F38
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Swindon, SN1 7DA
- Distance
- 2.9km away
Lydiard Park Academy
Grange Park Way, Grange Park, Swindon, SN5 6HN
Local ranking4th of 14 secondary schools in Swindon
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1370
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 December 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 225
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 34.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 47.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
58
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 143
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1287
- Boys
- 638 (49%)
- Girls
- 664 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1370 (95% full)
- SEND
- 17.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.5%
- EAL
- 18.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 14.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,929/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
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.3% 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
Loading chart
- White British: 69.5%
- White Other: 13.0%
- Black African: 3.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.3%
- Other: 1.9%
- Asian Other: 1.6%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
69.5%
White British
13.0%
White Other
3.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Grange Park Way
Swindon, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 137264
- UKPRN
- 10034861
- Establishment No.
- 4086
- Trust
- THE PARK ACADEMIES TRUST
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