The Stonehenge School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Wiltshire
Holders Road, Amesbury, SP4 7PW
58
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
98%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.8%
23.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,072
Capacity used
Over capacity114%
940 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
98%
1st preference success rate
206 of 210 families who put it first got an offer
213
Places offered
319
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 210 | 206 | ● 98% |
| 2nd preference | 89 | 7 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 20 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 319 | 213 | 67% |
1st preference success by year
Wiltshire lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Carole Dean
- Address
- Holders Road, Amesbury, SP4 7PW
- Phone
- 01980623407
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Ward / constituency
- Amesbury West · East Wiltshire
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 126458
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 16% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,072 pupils · 940 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
22 September 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,144 pupils
Attendance
90.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 40.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.42 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 28% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 57% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.14 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 37.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 26.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 47.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.98 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 199 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 198 | 10% | 32% | 48% | |
| Mathematics | 197 | 7% | 32% | 59% | |
| English Literature | 192 | 8% | 29% | 47% | |
| Biology | 148 | 5% | 27% | 53% | |
| Physics | 145 | 8% | 31% | 50% | |
| Chemistry | 141 | 7% | 28% | 50% | |
| History | 77 | 14% | 48% | 64% | |
| Art and Design | 58 | 14% | 47% | 71% | |
| Business | 54 | 4% | 41% | 57% | |
| Combined Science | 42 | 0% | 0% | 5% | |
| Geography | 41 | 15% | 49% | 61% | |
| Computer Science | 35 | 6% | 29% | 37% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Wiltshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.