The Deanery CE Academy
Peglars Way, Wichelstowe, Swindon, SN1 7DA
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by The Deanery CofE Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Anglican/Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kelly Osborne-James
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
- Capacity
- 1,470
- Pupils on roll
- 840
- URN
- 147086
- Local authority
- Swindon
About this school
The Deanery CE Academy was a secondary academy in Swindon. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 840 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
The Deanery CE Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2019, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 130 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.59 -0.84 to -0.35 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 15.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 |
Trends over time
How The Deanery CE Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 724 |
| 2023/24 | 840 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Deanery CE Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 12.2% | 18.9% | 840 | — |
| The Deanery CofE Academy | 46.6 | 9% | 21.9% | 670 | 0.0 miles |
| The Commonweal School | 46.3 | 9.5% | 18.8% | 1,442 | 0.9 miles |
| UTC Swindon | 32.4 | 10.3% | 30.8% | 182 | 1.3 miles |
| The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College | 53.5 | 7.6% | 16.9% | 1,616 | 1.4 miles |
| Lydiard Park Academy | 47 | 7.9% | 26.5% | 1,302 | 1.8 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)
- 18.9%
- English as an additional language
- 23.2%
- Overall absence
- 12.2%
- Persistent absence
- 34.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Deanery CofE Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Swindon
-
The Commonweal School0.9 miles
Secondary · Swindon
-
UTC Swindon1.3 miles
Secondary · Swindon
-
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College1.4 miles
Secondary · Swindon
-
Lydiard Park Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Swindon
Other schools in Swindon
- Abbey Park School Secondary
- Bradon Forest School Secondary
- Great Western Academy Secondary
- Highworth Warneford School Secondary
- Kingsdown School Secondary
- Lawn Manor Academy Secondary
- Lydiard Park Academy Secondary
- Nova Hreod Academy Secondary
- Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Secondary
- St Joseph's Catholic College Secondary
- The Commonweal School Secondary
- The Deanery CofE Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does The Deanery CE Academy teach?
- The Deanery CE Academy taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Swindon.
- Has The Deanery CE Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected The Deanery CE Academy 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 The Deanery CE Academy?
- The Deanery CE Academy had 840 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- What are The Deanery CE Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Deanery CE Academy'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 31 August 2024.