Sheldon School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- 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
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 November 2022.
School history and status
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
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 53.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 143
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
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
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
- Boys
- 459 (51%)
- Girls
- 443 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1069 (84% 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
*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
- 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
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 151948
- UKPRN
- 10098591
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- THE ATHELSTAN TRUST
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