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Melksham Oak Community School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Bowerhill, Melksham SN12 6QZ · melkshamoak.wilts.sch.uk · 01225 792700

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
41.4
average Attainment 8 score. Wiltshire 46.2, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,058
74% of 1,427 places
Local authority
Wiltshire
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
23.5%
First language not English
4.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The White Horse Federation

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 157 families put the school first and 168 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: 209 (Places 213)209September 2023: 200 (Places 203)200September 2024: 177 (Places 181)177September 2025: 156 (Places 171)156September 2026: 157 (Places 168)157Places 168
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261681570.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251711560.9100%
September 2024Sept 20241811771100%
September 2023Sept 20232032001100%
September 2022Sept 20222132091100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.4, and 31.4% 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- (26.5 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: 43.8 (England 46.3)43.82018/19: 40.8 (England 46.7)40.82021/22: 39.9 (England 48.8)39.92022/23: 39.8 (England 46.3)39.82023/24: 39.1 (England 45.9)39.12024/25: 41.4 (England 46.0)41.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼41.446.0
▼31.4%45.4%
●64.2%64.8%
▲55.9%40.5%
▼3.724.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 141911)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form18−9.6
Sixth form college0.9—
Further education61.4+4.9
Apprenticeship7.5+4.1
Employment4.4−0.8
Not in a lasting destination5.7+2.7
Activity not captured2.2−1.7

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: 29.8 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 26.4 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 25.7 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 32.1 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 33.4 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 28.2 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 27.8 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 26.5 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
55 studentsC- (26.5)Below average -0.27
55 studentsC- (26.5)Below average -0.27
41 studentsDist- (32.7)Average -0.09
5%AAB or better
93.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2461C- (27.8)-0.02
2022/2364C- (28.2)—
2021/2256C+ (33.4)—
2018/1947C+ (32.1)-0.03
2017/1886C- (25.7)-0.22
2016/1799C- (26.4)-0.36
2015/1673C (29.8)-0.16

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University38−10.3
Further education2.8−0.6
Apprenticeship11.3+8
Employment39.4+4.4
Not in a lasting destination5.6−2.7
Activity not captured2.8+1.1

Ofsted

Melksham Oak Community School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 4 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
4 Oct 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

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

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Apr 2017

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 141911), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Apr 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 141911)

  • Sept 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 141911)

What parents said

13% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
13%
Replies
16
1% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▼12% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▼19% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved▼13% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▼13% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▼0% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▼13% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼13% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 100% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼11% agreeEngland 43%

based on 9 parents (56%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼13% agreeEngland 63%

based on 8 parents (50%) with SEND

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