Community school

The Stonehenge School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formWiltshire, South West · Amesbury SP4 7PWSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,072of 940 places
Free school meals
16.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
199
Ofsted
School remains Good, 22 September 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

The Stonehenge School has no sixth form. Of the 161 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 55% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.4 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Wiltshire, with 26% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Physics is unusually popular at GCSE: 73% of the year group took it, against 23% of pupils across England.

Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 71% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Wiltshire and England.

The Stonehenge School
Wiltshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThe Stonehenge SchoolWiltshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1615,123607,348
Any sustained destination92%94%92%
Stayed in education81%88%86%
— school sixth form24%43%34%
— sixth form college2%6%13%
— further education college55%38%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship5%3%3%
Employment6%3%3%
No sustained destination4%4%6%
Destination unknown4%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThe Stonehenge SchoolWiltshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)37.446.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths26%45%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths47%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects9%31%41%
EBacc average point score2.984.054.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort17%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils27.632.234.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils39.449.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language9%8%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language19899%89%10%20%48%
Mathematics19799%88%7%22%59%
English Literature19296%86%8%21%47%
Biology14874%23%5%45%53%
Physics14573%23%8%46%50%
Chemistry14171%23%7%47%50%
History7739%41%14%26%64%
Business Studies5427%18%4%20%57%
Combined Science4221%65%0%9%5%
Geography4121%41%15%25%61%
Computer Science3518%13%6%30%37%
Fine Art2613%9%19%28%62%
Religious Studies2312%31%22%32%74%
Spanish2312%19%17%27%61%
Photography1910%6%11%19%79%
Drama179%7%6%27%41%
Astronomy179%0%12%29%47%
German137%5%0%33%38%
Textiles137%2%8%27%77%
Film Studies116%1%0%20%45%
French84%18%13%29%25%
Music21%5%33%
Persian11%0%77%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports / Movement Science58
Hospitality / Catering Studies33
Engineering Studies32
Health Studies22
Childcare Skills21

Other secondary schools in Wiltshire

Abbeyfield School

Academy converter · sixth form · 902 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7

Devizes School

Academy converter · sixth form · 947 pupils

80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.3

Hardenhuish School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,519 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.