Abbeywood Community School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,294 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Academy sponsor led
Hanham Woods Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 825of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 17.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 148
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 29 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hanham High School (URN 109318, until 27 June 2014).
What the data says
Of the 129 pupils who finished Year 11 at Hanham Woods Academy in 2023, 10% stayed on in Hanham Woods Academy’s own sixth form (South Gloucestershire average 36%), 28% went to a further education college and 14% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 14% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 33% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
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 South Gloucestershire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Hanham Woods Academy | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 129 | 2,687 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 72% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 10% | 36% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 33% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 28% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 14% | 7% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hanham Woods Academy | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.1 | 42.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 35% | 25% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.86 | 3.73 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.3 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.3 | 45.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 11% | 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 | 144 | 97% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 67% |
| Mathematics | 144 | 97% | 88% | 26% | 22% | 74% |
| English Literature | 142 | 96% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 65% |
| Combined Science | 120 | 81% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 50% |
| History | 82 | 55% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 59% |
| Geography | 78 | 53% | 41% | 24% | 25% | 68% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 48 | 32% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 29% |
| Sociology | 39 | 26% | 4% | 21% | 21% | 64% |
| Spanish | 35 | 24% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 57% |
| Photography | 33 | 22% | 6% | 12% | 19% | 79% |
| French | 25 | 17% | 18% | 12% | 29% | 76% |
| Computer Science | 24 | 16% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 42% |
| Drama | 22 | 15% | 7% | 18% | 27% | 64% |
| Chemistry | 21 | 14% | 23% | 48% | 47% | 86% |
| Biology | 21 | 14% | 23% | 48% | 45% | 90% |
| Physics | 21 | 14% | 23% | 38% | 46% | 95% |
| Physical Education | 20 | 14% | 11% | 20% | 24% | 75% |
| Fine Art | 19 | 13% | 9% | 32% | 28% | 89% |
| Design and Technology | 18 | 12% | 11% | 11% | 23% | 39% |
| Textiles | 12 | 8% | 2% | 17% | 27% | 75% |
| Music | 11 | 7% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 28 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in South Gloucestershire
Bradley Stoke Community School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,393 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.6
Brimsham Green School
Community school · sixth form · 1,095 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Chipping Sodbury School
Academy converter · sixth form · 775 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Digitech Studio School
Studio schools · sixth form · 608 pupils
67% stayed in education · Attainment 8 31.2
Downend School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,415 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0
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.