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Devizes School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

The Green, Devizes SN10 3AG · devizesschool.co.uk · 01380 724886

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
45.3
average Attainment 8 score. Wiltshire 46.2, England 46
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
947
70% of 1,355 places
Local authority
Wiltshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
24.3%
First language not English
6.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The White Horse Federation

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 104 families put the school first and 136 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 175 (Places 183)175September 2023: 170 (Places 173)170September 2024: 124 (Places 124)124September 2025: 134 (Places 161)134September 2026: 104 (Places 136)104Places 136
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261361040.8100%
September 2025Sept 20251611340.8100%
September 2024Sept 20241241241100%
September 2023Sept 20231731701100%
September 2022Sept 20221831751100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.3, and 45.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wiltshire it was 46.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (34.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 39.2 (England 46.3)39.22017/18: 43.3 (England 46.5)43.32018/19: 47.2 (England 46.7)47.22021/22: 45.6 (England 48.8)45.62022/23: 43.4 (England 46.3)43.42023/24: 46.3 (England 45.9)46.32024/25: 45.3 (England 46.0)45.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●45.346.0
●45.1%45.4%
▲69.2%64.8%
▲59.3%40.5%
●4.234.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form34.6−5.3
Further education55.9+18
Other education1.6+0.6
Apprenticeship2.1−4.3
Employment2.1−3.3
Not in a lasting destination2.1−2.8
Activity not captured1.6−2.8

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 30.9 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 30.9 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 28.2 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 27.2 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 37.3 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 31.7 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 35.6 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 34.7 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
60 studentsC+ (34.7)Above average +0.24
60 studentsC+ (35)Above average +0.24
23 studentsDist (35.5)Average +0.07
9 studentsDist+ (41.1)Above average +0.67
17.1%AAB or better
79.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24106B- (35.6)+0.15
2022/23122C+ (31.7)—
2021/2298B- (37.3)—
2018/1963C- (27.2)-0.42
2017/1874C- (28.2)+0.05
2016/1778C (30.9)+0.13
2015/1674C (30.9)+0.16

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University40.9−13.7
Other education1.7−1.1
Apprenticeship6.1+2.4
Employment34.8+3.3
Not in a lasting destination12.2+6.6
Activity not captured4.3+2.4

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Devizes School on 1 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
1 Oct 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jun 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Feb 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

55% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (155 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
55%
Replies
155
16% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼62% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼76% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼67% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼65% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼54% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼60% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼78% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼84% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼48% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼46% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 79% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼29% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 34% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼38% agreeEngland 67%

based on 59 parents (38%) with SEND

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