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Pewsey Vale School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Wilcot Road, Wiltshire, Pewsey SN9 5EW · pewsey-vale.wilts.sch.uk · 01672 565000
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- GCSEs, 2023/24
- 32.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Wiltshire 46.1, England 45.9
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 330
- 62% of 535 places
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 32.6%
- First language not English
- 1.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 39 families put the school first and 56 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 | 56 | 39 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 71 | 51 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 49 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 98 | 83 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2023/24 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 32.3, and 17.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wiltshire it was 46.1, and across England 45.9.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | 46 | ||
| n/a | 45.4% | ||
| n/a | 64.8% | ||
| n/a | 40.5% | ||
| n/a | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 136849)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 7.9 | −14 |
| Further education | 60.5 | +5.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.9 | +1.2 |
| Employment | 9.2 | −0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.5 | +7.8 |
| Activity not captured | 7.9 | +3.8 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 136849)
Ofsted
Pewsey Vale School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 7 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 7 Feb 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136849)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 136849), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jun 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136849)
May 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136849)
Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136849)