St Laurence School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Wiltshire
Ashley Road, Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1DZ
76
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
94%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.3%
19.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,378
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,380 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
94%
1st preference success rate
213 of 227 families who put it first got an offer
221
Places offered
332
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 227 | 213 | ● 94% |
| 2nd preference | 71 | 8 | ● 11% |
| 3rd preference | 30 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences | 4 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 332 | 221 | 67% |
1st preference success by year
Wiltshire lets families list 3 preferences. 23 applications came from outside the council area (6 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England/Christian
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Tim Farrer
- Address
- Ashley Road, Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1DZ
- Phone
- 01225309500
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Ward / constituency
- Bradford-on-Avon North · Melksham and Devizes
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137057
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 14% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST. LAURENCE SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
1,378 pupils · 1,380 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
07 December 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,125 pupils
Attendance
92.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.2%
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 | 53.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.45 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 55% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 76% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.58 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 36.67 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 54.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 58.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 83.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 13.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.65 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 219 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 38.41 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 18.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 132 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 217 | 23% | 64% | 87% | |
| English Language | 217 | 27% | 71% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 214 | 30% | 72% | 85% | |
| Religious Studies | 184 | 36% | 64% | 83% | |
| Combined Science | 169 | 19% | 51% | 72% | |
| Geography | 107 | 36% | 67% | 82% | |
| Art and Design | 98 | 28% | 80% | 95% | |
| History | 90 | 49% | 77% | 87% | |
| Business | 71 | 23% | 72% | 80% | |
| Biology | 47 | 57% | 94% | 98% | |
| Physics | 47 | 47% | 91% | 94% | |
| Chemistry | 47 | 53% | 85% | 96% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 40 | 15% | 38% | 63% | |
| Business Studies | 37 | 5% | 11% | 54% | |
| Biology | 36 | 8% | 25% | 56% | |
| History | 31 | 13% | 45% | 81% | |
| Psychology | 26 | 8% | 19% | 50% | |
| Physics | 24 | 0% | 29% | 50% | |
| Law | 20 | 20% | 40% | 75% | |
| Graphics | 17 | 18% | 41% | 76% | |
| Geography | 17 | 6% | 29% | 59% | |
| Chemistry | 16 | 13% | 56% | 75% | |
| English Literature | 16 | 0% | 13% | 63% | |
| English Language and Literature | 15 | 13% | 53% | 87% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 13258: St Laurence School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 47% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 0% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 58% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
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.