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Abbeywood Community School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy
New Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8SF · abbeywoodschool.com · 01454 862986
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46
- average Attainment 8 score. South Gloucestershire 42.9, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,294
- 44 over 1,250 places · 104%
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 23.1%
- First language not English
- 18.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 244 families put the school first and 223 places were offered; 90% 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 | 223 | 244 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 225 | 223 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 235 | 268 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 227 | 243 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 231 | 222 | 1 | 90% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46, and 45.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across South Gloucestershire it was 42.9, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (32.6 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46 | 46 | ||
| ●45.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼5.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.68 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 35.6 | −3 |
| Sixth form college | 1 | −0.1 |
| Further education | 50 | +9.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5 | +1.7 |
| Employment | 1.5 | −6.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3 | +0.2 |
| Activity not captured | 4.5 | 0 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74 students | C+ (32.6) | Average -0.14 | |
| 74 students | C+ (32.5) | Average -0.13 | |
| 43 students | Merit+ (29.7) | Average +0.05 | |
| 18 students | Merit+ (29.1) | Below average -0.53 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 50 | B- (36) | +0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 51 | C (29) | — |
| 2021/22 | 53 | B- (35.3) | — |
| 2018/19 | 44 | C- (26.3) | -0.21 |
| 2017/18 | 50 | C (29.9) | -0.15 |
| 2016/17 | 39 | C- (26.3) | -0.35 |
| 2015/16 | 80 | C- (25.8) | -0.21 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 36.6 | −7.5 |
| Further education | 5.7 | +0.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 8.5 | 0 |
| Employment | 39.4 | +0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.9 | +8.2 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Abbeywood Community School on 18 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 18 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (142 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Replies
- 142
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 61% who had a child bullied
based on 62 parents (44%) with SEND