Abbey Park School
Academy sponsor led · 1,193 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.2
Free schools special
Churchward School
- Pupils on roll
- 139of 125 places
- Free school meals
- 39.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 24
- Ofsted
- Good, 24 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 17 pupils who finished Year 11 at Churchward School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Churchward School’s own sixth form (Swindon average 19%), 12% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 13.0 against 46.1 across England and 44.0 in Swindon, 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 none went into work, against 3% and 3% 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 Swindon and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Churchward School | Swindon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 17 | 2,533 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 19% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 6% | 19% | 13% |
| — further education college | 12% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 71% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 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 | Churchward School | Swindon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 13.0 | 44.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 21% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.26 | 3.91 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 54% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 10.0 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 16.5 | 47.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 16% | 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 | 18 | 75% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 50% |
| Combined Science | 16 | 67% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 63% |
| English Language | 12 | 50% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 67% |
| Fine Art | 6 | 25% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 17% |
| Citizenship Studies | 5 | 21% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
Other secondary schools in Swindon
Great Western Academy
Free schools · sixth form · 1,039 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
Kingsdown School
Academy converter · 1,108 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.4
Lawn Manor Academy
Academy converter · 969 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.5
Lydiard Park Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,302 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0
Nova Hreod Academy
Academy converter · 1,044 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.1
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.