Sheldon School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 2024 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
136632
Address
Hardenhuish Lane, SN14 6HJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1626 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
6.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.1%
Persistent absence
31.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.7%
Other White 6.8%
Mixed 4.7%
Unclassified 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
African 1.2%
Chinese 1.2%
Indian 0.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.8
Local authority average 46.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.85
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award28
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)10
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
Art & DesignGCSE10
BiologyGCSE56
Business Studies:SingleGCSE107
ChemistryGCSE55
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Sheldon School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
227
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
156
2nd preference
242
3rd preference
78
From another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes19.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
274
145
129
Year 8
268
137
131
Year 9
250
119
131
Year 10
277
131
146
Year 11
273
132
141
Year 12
147
79
68
Year 13
135
63
72
Year 14
2
1
1
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
87.0%
85.6%
Further education
31.0%
34.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
57.0%
46.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
5.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
63.0%
62.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
25.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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