Abbeyfield School
Academy converter · sixth form · 902 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
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The Trafalgar School at Downton
- Pupils on roll
- 808of 630 places
- Free school meals
- 13.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 149
- Ofsted
- Good, 3 July 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Trafalgar School at Downton (URN 126447, until 1 April 2017).
What the data says
The Trafalgar School at Downton has no sixth form. Of the 168 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 6% moved to a sixth form college, 52% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.3 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Wiltshire, with 46% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, The Trafalgar School at Downton is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | This school | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 168 | 5,123 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 26% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 6% | 6% | 13% |
| — further education college | 52% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.3 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 24% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.81 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 19% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.0 | 32.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.7 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 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 | 146 | 98% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 65% |
| Mathematics | 146 | 98% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 72% |
| English Literature | 146 | 98% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 66% |
| Combined Science | 102 | 68% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 68% |
| Geography | 86 | 58% | 41% | 16% | 25% | 66% |
| Business Studies | 50 | 34% | 18% | 2% | 20% | 46% |
| Art and Design | 49 | 33% | 7% | 10% | 24% | 67% |
| History | 48 | 32% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 65% |
| Spanish | 45 | 30% | 19% | 18% | 27% | 82% |
| Physical Education | 43 | 29% | 11% | 12% | 24% | 74% |
| Physics | 41 | 28% | 23% | 20% | 46% | 76% |
| Biology | 41 | 28% | 23% | 15% | 45% | 78% |
| Chemistry | 40 | 27% | 23% | 13% | 47% | 80% |
| Religious Studies | 38 | 26% | 31% | 34% | 32% | 84% |
| Design and Technology | 37 | 25% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 81% |
| Computer Science | 27 | 18% | 13% | 11% | 30% | 74% |
| Film Studies | 17 | 11% | 1% | 0% | 20% | 59% |
| Music | 15 | 10% | 5% | 20% | 33% | 53% |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| French | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 26 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 14 | — | — |
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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.