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The Stonehenge School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Holders Road, Amesbury SP4 7PW · stonehenge.wilts.sch.uk · 01980 623407
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 37.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Wiltshire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,072
- 132 over 940 places · 114%
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 16.4%
- First language not English
- 5.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 185 families put the school first and 195 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 195 | 185 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 213 | 210 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 205 | 190 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 214 | 258 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 220 | 222 | 1▲ | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.4, and 26.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wiltshire it was 46.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼37.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼26.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼47.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼9.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.98 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 18 | +0.5 |
| Sixth form college | 1.5 | — |
| Further education | 68.5 | +2.8 |
| Employment | 5 | −1.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.5 | −2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | +0.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for The Stonehenge School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 21 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
42% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 42%
- Replies
- 12
- 1% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 58% who had a child bullied