Abbeyfield School
Academy converter · sixth form · 902 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
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The Springfields Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 267of 267 places
- Free school meals
- 40.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 24
- Ofsted
- Report card, 28 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing ExceptionalInclusion ExceptionalLeadership and governance ExceptionalPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Springfields Academy (URN 137470, until 1 November 2017).
What the data says
The Springfields Academy has no sixth form. Of the 25 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 64% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 4.1 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Wiltshire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 8% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
As an 11–16 school, The Springfields Academy 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 | The Springfields Academy | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 25 | 5,123 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 80% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 72% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 6% | 13% |
| — further education college | 64% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 8% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 16% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Springfields Academy | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 4.1 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 4% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.24 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 0.9 | 32.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 6.1 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 7 | 29% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 29% |
| Biology | 3 | 13% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| English Language | 3 | 13% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| English Literature | 2 | 8% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| Chemistry | 2 | 8% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| History | 2 | 8% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Geography | 1 | 4% | 41% | — | 25% | — |
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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.