Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wiltshire
Unique reference
136500
Address
Exeter Street, SP1 2ED

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1184 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
88.6%
Girls
11.4%
First language not English
7.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.6%
Persistent absence
10.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
0.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.8%
Mixed 5.3%
Unclassified 5.1%
Indian 5%
Other White 3.2%
African 2.8%
Other Asian 2.7%
Chinese 1.8%
Pakistani 1.6%
Other 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.55
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 94%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 71.9
Local authority average 46.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.57
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE10
Art & DesignGCSE9
BiologyGCSE155
Business Studies:SingleGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE155
English LanguageGCSE155
English LiteratureGCSE155
FrenchGCSE58
GeographyGCSE82
GermanGCSE33
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
157
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
213
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
18
From another Local Authority
84
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
155
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
57
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 classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
160
0
Year 8
160
160
0
Year 9
159
159
0
Year 10
158
158
0
Year 11
155
155
0
Year 12
194
122
72
Year 13
198
135
63
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
2.0%
32.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
91.0%
47.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
6.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
4.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
93.0%
65.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
66.0%
23.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
55.0%
22.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
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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