Devizes School
The Green, Devizes, SN10 3AG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION
- Headteacher
- Mr David Cooper
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The White Horse Federation
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,355
- Pupils on roll
- 947
- URN
- 138630
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01380724886
About this school
Devizes School is a secondary academy in Devizes. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 947 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Devizes School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 153 | 188 | 182 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.4 | 46.3 | 45.3 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.22 -0.01 to +0.45 | +0.27 +0.06 to +0.47 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 50% | 45.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 68.1% | 69.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 16.5% | 59.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
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 Devizes 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 | 43.4 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.3 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.3 | 36.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,211 |
| 2023/24 | 1,137 |
| 2024/25 | 987 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Devizes School compares
Devizes School ranked 13th of 26 secondary schools in Wiltshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.3 | 9.9% | 23.1% | 947 | — |
| Lavington School | 50.3 | 6.7% | 14.5% | 910 | 4.4 miles |
| Kingsbury Green Academy | 39.6 | 10.4% | 25% | 1,077 | 5.4 miles |
| Melksham Oak Community School | 41.4 | 11% | 23.8% | 1,058 | 5.7 miles |
| Abbeyfield School | — | — | — | 902 | 8.3 miles |
| Pewsey Vale School | — | 13% | 32.5% | 330 | 9.2 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)
- 23.1%
- English as an additional language
- 6.1%
- Overall absence
- 9.88%
- Persistent absence
- 26.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lavington School4.4 miles
Secondary · Devizes
-
Kingsbury Green Academy5.4 miles
Secondary · Calne
-
Melksham Oak Community School5.7 miles
Secondary · Melksham
-
Abbeyfield School8.3 miles
Secondary · Chippenham
-
Pewsey Vale School9.2 miles
Secondary · Pewsey
Other schools in Devizes
- Lavington School Secondary
- All Cannings Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishops Cannings Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chirton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dauntsey Academy Primary School Primary
- Five Lanes Church of England Primary School Primary
- Nursteed Community Primary School Primary
- Rowde CofE Academy Primary
- Southbroom Infants' School Primary
- Southbroom St James Academy Primary
- St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Devizes School teach?
- Devizes School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Devizes.
- Who is the headteacher of Devizes School?
- The headteacher of Devizes School is Mr David Cooper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Devizes School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Devizes School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Devizes School?
- Devizes School has 947 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Devizes School full?
- Devizes School has capacity for 1,355 pupils and 947 on roll (70%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Devizes School a faith school?
- No. Devizes School has no designated religious character.
- Is Devizes School a selective school?
- No. Devizes School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Devizes School part of an academy trust?
- Devizes School is part of THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Devizes School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.4 in 2022/23 and 45.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Devizes School compare with other schools in Wiltshire?
- Devizes School ranked 13th of 26 secondary schools in Wiltshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Devizes School's absence rate?
- Devizes School's overall absence rate is 9.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Devizes School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Devizes 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 1 July 2026.