The Burgate School and Sixth Form
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Fordingbridge, SP6 1EZ
- Distance
- 6.3km away
The Trafalgar School at Downton
Breamore Road, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3HN
Local ranking14th of 27 secondary schools in Wiltshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
630
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 July 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 157
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 794
- Boys
- 409 (51%)
- Girls
- 399 (49%)
- Capacity
- 630 (128% full)
- SEND
- 18.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.2%
- EAL
- 3.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.8%
- SEN Support
- 12.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,804/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
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.3%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
89.3%
White British
3.4%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Breamore Road
Salisbury, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 144389
- UKPRN
- 10063122
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- MAGNA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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