Lavington School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 6 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wiltshire
Unique reference
136389
Address
The Spring, Market Lavington, SN10 4EB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
871 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
2%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.7%
Persistent absence
17.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.8%
Other White 2.1%
Mixed 2.1%
Unclassified 1.5%
Irish 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 31%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.2
Local authority average 46.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.39
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE44
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE63
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE62
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE168
English LiteratureGCSE163
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE37
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Lavington School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
202
2nd preference
98
3rd preference
19
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
172
93
79
Year 8
181
92
89
Year 9
176
92
84
Year 10
170
85
85
Year 11
172
84
88
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
87.1%
85.5%
Further education
43.0%
37.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
45.0%
43.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
5.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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