Abbeyfield School
Academy converter · sixth form · 902 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Voluntary aided school
St Joseph's Catholic School
- Pupils on roll
- 565of 625 places
- Free school meals
- 26.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 117
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 6 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
St Joseph's Catholic School has no sixth form. Of the 112 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 8% moved to a sixth form college, 49% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.4 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Wiltshire, with 39% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish and French add up to 17% of the year group, and 9% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Joseph's Catholic School | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 112 | 5,123 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 26% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 8% | 6% | 13% |
| — further education college | 49% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Joseph's Catholic School | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.4 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 9% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.21 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 22% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.9 | 32.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.8 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 20% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 114 | 97% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 70% |
| Mathematics | 113 | 97% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 73% |
| English Literature | 111 | 95% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 68% |
| Religious Studies | 103 | 88% | 31% | 20% | 32% | 77% |
| Combined Science | 82 | 70% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 32% |
| Geography | 52 | 44% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 56% |
| Sociology | 45 | 38% | 4% | 4% | 21% | 67% |
| Physical Education | 35 | 30% | 11% | 3% | 24% | 34% |
| History | 33 | 28% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 52% |
| Biology | 29 | 25% | 23% | 14% | 45% | 76% |
| Physics | 29 | 25% | 23% | 14% | 46% | 62% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 24% | 23% | 14% | 47% | 68% |
| Computer Science | 22 | 19% | 13% | 5% | 30% | 32% |
| Drama | 18 | 15% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 50% |
| Spanish | 16 | 14% | 19% | 19% | 27% | 56% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 15 | 13% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 60% |
| Fine Art | 13 | 11% | 9% | 23% | 28% | 62% |
| Music | 9 | 8% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| Dance | 6 | 5% | 1% | 17% | 27% | 67% |
| French | 4 | 3% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimedia | 29 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 26 | — | — |
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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.