South Wilts Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 23 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wiltshire
Unique reference
136391
Address
Stratford Road, SP1 3JJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1130 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
9.1%
Girls
90.9%
First language not English
8.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
2.7%
Persistent absence
7.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.4%
Indian 6.1%
Mixed 4.7%
Unclassified 3.8%
Other White 3.7%
Other Asian 3.3%
African 1.9%
Chinese 1.9%
Other 1.5%
Pakistani 1.1%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 52%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 97%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 73.2
Local authority average 46.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.56
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE156
ChemistryGCSE154
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE156
English LiteratureGCSE153
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE36
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

South Wilts Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
160
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
208
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
17
From another Local Authority
87
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
0
160
Year 8
156
0
156
Year 9
159
0
159
Year 10
156
0
156
Year 11
160
0
160
Year 12
162
55
107
Year 13
177
48
129
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
1.0%
32.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
85.0%
47.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
6.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
4.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
89.0%
65.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
47.0%
23.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
46.0%
22.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
7.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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