Sheldon School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chippenham, SN14 6HJ
- Distance
- 3.3km away
Abbeyfield School
Stanley Lane, Chippenham, SN15 3XB
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1069
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues from Abbeyfield School (URN 131969) since 1 September 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 21.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 155
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 46.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 40.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
79
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 164
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 899
- Capacity
- 1069 (0% full)
- SEND
- 11.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.9%
- EAL
- 5.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.0%
- SEN Support
- 5.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,118/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.6%
- White Other: 4.8%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
88.6%
White British
4.8%
White Other
1.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 151948
- UKPRN
- 10098591
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- THE ATHELSTAN TRUST
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