Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- School rating
- Requires improvement Mar 18 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Unique reference
- 144388
- Address
- Church Road, Laverstock, SP1 1RE
- Website
- www.wyvernsteds.org
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1335 (90% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 45.5%
- Girls
- 54.5%
- First language not English
- 7.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 20.7%
- Persistent absence
- 24.6%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 11.7%
White British 80.3%
Other White 4.8%
Mixed 4.3%
Other Asian 2.5%
African 2%
Indian 1.6%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 16%
Local authority average 31%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 39%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 42.2
Local authority average 46.2
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.6
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Dance: General | Technical Award | 14 |
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 9 |
| Tourism | Technical Award | 24 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 2 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 52 |
| Biology | GCSE | 25 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 31 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 25 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 22 |
Admissions
Wyvern St Edmund's
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 257
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 221
- 2nd preference
- 177
- 3rd preference
- 82
- From another Local Authority
- 6
Offers
- 1st preference
- 221
- 2nd preference
- 30
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 26.7 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 274 142 132 |
| Year 8 | 256 130 126 |
| Year 9 | 289 110 179 |
| Year 10 | 274 121 153 |
| Year 11 | 242 105 137 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 87.0% 87.1% 85.5% |
Further education | 39.0% 37.4% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 37.0% 43.5% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 10.0% 5.8% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | SP 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 | 6.0% 4.4% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 2.0% 2.5% 3.0% |