Abbeywood Community School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,294 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
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Patchway Community School
- Pupils on roll
- 854of 1,080 places
- Free school meals
- 31.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 172
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 10 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Patchway Community College (URN 140288, until 31 August 2017).
What the data says
Of the 107 pupils who finished Year 11 at Patchway Community School in 2023, 11% stayed on in Patchway Community School’s own sixth form (South Gloucestershire average 36%), 65% went to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Among the 14 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 43% went to university (South Gloucestershire 26%, England 37%), and 0% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.0 against 46.1 across England and 42.9 in South Gloucestershire, with 27% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 89% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
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 | Patchway Community School | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 107 | 2,687 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 11% | 36% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 65% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 7% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Patchway Community School | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students in the cohort | 14 | 2,977 | 541,441 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 79% | 79% |
| University (higher education) | 43% | 26% | 37% |
| — most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| Further education | 0% | 6% | 5% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 10% | 7% |
| Employment | 43% | 36% | 28% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 15% | 16% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Patchway Community School | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.0 | 42.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 16% | 25% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.14 | 3.73 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 26% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 26.1 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.8 | 45.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 24% | 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 | 169 | 98% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 53% |
| Mathematics | 169 | 98% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 54% |
| English Literature | 164 | 95% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 54% |
| Religious Studies | 153 | 89% | 31% | 5% | 32% | 35% |
| Combined Science | 149 | 87% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 46% |
| Geography | 87 | 51% | 41% | 6% | 25% | 44% |
| History | 68 | 40% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 46% |
| Business Studies | 39 | 23% | 18% | 5% | 20% | 31% |
| Design and Technology | 37 | 22% | 11% | 14% | 23% | 46% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 15% | 13% | 19% | 30% | 54% |
| Photography | 24 | 14% | 6% | 17% | 19% | 88% |
| Fine Art | 23 | 13% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 52% |
| French | 18 | 10% | 18% | 28% | 29% | 72% |
| Physics | 16 | 9% | 23% | 31% | 46% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 15 | 9% | 23% | 47% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 15 | 9% | 23% | 53% | 45% | 100% |
| Polish | 6 | 3% | 1% | 100% | 84% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Spanish | 2 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Music | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 52 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 10 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 10 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 9 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 1 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 1 | — | — |
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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.