Pewsey Vale School
Wilcot Road, Pewsey, SN9 5EW
This school is closed (it closed in November 2024).
It was replaced by Pewsey Vale School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Neil Pritchard
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 535
- Pupils on roll
- 346
- URN
- 136849
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
About this school
Pewsey Vale School was a secondary academy in Pewsey. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 346 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Pewsey Vale School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in July 2011, 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 | 67 | 76 | 59 |
| Attainment 8 score | 31.7 | 32.3 | 33.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.44 -1.78 to -1.09 | -1.29 -1.62 to -0.97 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 15% | 17.1% | 25.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 39.5% | 47.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 11.8% | 20.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
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 Pewsey Vale 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 | 31.7 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32.3 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 33.8 | 36.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 364 |
| 2023/24 | 346 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Pewsey Vale School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 25% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33.8 | 11.2% | 24.3% | 346 | — |
| Pewsey Vale School | — | 13% | 32.5% | 330 | 0.0 miles |
| St John's Marlborough | 50.9 | 8.6% | 12.5% | 1,692 | 5.6 miles |
| The Wellington Academy | 42.1 | 8.2% | 22.1% | 1,121 | 8.5 miles |
| Devizes School | 45.3 | 9.9% | 23.1% | 947 | 9.2 miles |
| Avon Valley Academy | 34.8 | 10.3% | 28.1% | 517 | 9.6 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.3%
- English as an additional language
- 1.7%
- Overall absence
- 11.2%
- Persistent absence
- 33.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Pewsey Vale School0.0 miles
Secondary · Pewsey
-
St John's Marlborough5.6 miles
Secondary · Marlborough
-
The Wellington Academy8.5 miles
Secondary · Ludgershall
-
Devizes School9.2 miles
Secondary · Devizes
-
Avon Valley Academy9.6 miles
Secondary · Salisbury
Other schools in Pewsey
- Pewsey Vale School Secondary
- Easton Royal Academy Primary
- Pewsey Primary School Primary
- Rushall Church of England Primary School Primary
- Woodborough Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Francis School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Pewsey Vale School teach?
- Pewsey Vale School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Pewsey.
- Has Pewsey Vale School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Pewsey Vale 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 Pewsey Vale School?
- Pewsey Vale School had 346 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Pewsey Vale School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 31.7 in 2022/23 and 33.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Pewsey Vale School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Pewsey Vale 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 November 2024.