Abbeyfield School
Stanley Lane, Chippenham, SN15 3XB
This school is closed (it closed in September 2025).
It was replaced by Abbeyfield School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Nicholas Norgrove
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,069
- Pupils on roll
- 899
- URN
- 131969
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
About this school
Abbeyfield School was a community secondary school in Chippenham. It taught children aged 11 to 19 and had 899 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Abbeyfield School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2000, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 163 | 159 | 155 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.9 | 45.6 | 46.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.19 -0.03 to +0.41 | +0.03 -0.19 to +0.26 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 45.3% | 50.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 63.5% | 70.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 50% | 34.6% | 21.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Abbeyfield School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wiltshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.9 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.6 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.7 | 36.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 895 |
| 2023/24 | 879 |
| 2024/25 | 899 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Abbeyfield School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 64% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.7 | 11.7% | 26.9% | 899 | — |
| Abbeyfield School | — | — | — | 902 | 0.0 miles |
| Sheldon School | 45.2 | 10.5% | 19.3% | 1,467 | 2.1 miles |
| Hardenhuish School | 47.5 | 8.2% | 15.1% | 1,519 | 2.1 miles |
| Kingsbury Green Academy | 39.6 | 10.4% | 25% | 1,077 | 4.2 miles |
| The Corsham School | 47.5 | 9.2% | 18.3% | 1,427 | 4.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.87%
- English as an additional language
- 5.7%
- Overall absence
- 11.72%
- Persistent absence
- 26.73%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Abbeyfield School0.0 miles
Secondary · Chippenham
-
Sheldon School2.1 miles
Secondary · Chippenham
-
Hardenhuish School2.1 miles
Secondary · Chippenham
-
Kingsbury Green Academy4.2 miles
Secondary · Calne
-
The Corsham School4.5 miles
Secondary · Corsham
Other schools in Chippenham
- Abbeyfield School Secondary
- Hardenhuish School Secondary
- Sheldon School Secondary
- Brinkworth Earl Danby's Church of England Primary Primary
- By Brook Valley CofE Primary School Primary
- Charter Primary School Primary
- Christian Malford CofE Primary School Primary
- Colerne CofE Primary School Primary
- Frogwell Primary School Primary
- Hullavington CofE Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Ivy Lane Primary School Primary
- Kings Lodge Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Abbeyfield School teach?
- Abbeyfield School taught children aged 11 to 19. It was a secondary school in Chippenham.
- Has Abbeyfield School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Abbeyfield School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Abbeyfield School?
- Abbeyfield School had 899 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- How have Abbeyfield School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.9 in 2022/23 and 46.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Abbeyfield School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abbeyfield School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 September 2025.