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Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre

Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Gloucestershire

Beachley Road, Chepstow, NP16 7AA

Website 01291625340

65

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

99%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

90.3%

26.6% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,024

Capacity used

Has space

84%

1,217 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

99%

1st preference success rate

91 of 92 families who put it first got an offer

92

Places offered

128

Total applications

1.4

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference9291● 99%
2nd preference251● 4%
3rd preference90● 0%
Later preferences (4th–5th)20● 0%
Total1289272%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
92%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
99%
2025

Gloucestershire lets families list 5 preferences. 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
None
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Yes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Gwennan Jeremiah
Address
Beachley Road, Sedbury, Chepstow, NP16 7AA
Phone
01291625340
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Ward / constituency
Tidenham · Forest of Dean
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
137382

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals17%——
English as additional language2%——
SEN support8%——
45% boys (462)55% girls (562)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: WYEDEAN SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM CENTRE

1,024 pupils · 1,217 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 23

    18 October 2023

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
Read the full Ofsted report

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 852 pupils

Attendance

90.3%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

9.7%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

26.6%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

4.5%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.9%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

10%
20/21
24%
21/22
31%
22/23
28%
23/24
27%
24/25

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

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Attainment 8 score45.4——
Progress 8 score-0.01—0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths41%——
Grade 4+ in English & maths61%——
EBacc average point score3.92——

Progress 8 band

Well below
5% of schools
Below
26% of schools
Average
43% of schools
Above
21% of schools
Well above
5% of schools

A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry36.37——

Average grade: B- (England B-)

GCSE results over time

44.9201949.1202248.3202345.4202445.82025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 845.846
Grade 5+ English & maths44.7%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths60.6%65%
Entering EBacc33.5%40%
EBacc average point score4.014.1
Pupils in cohort170—

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.

Disadvantaged pupils
-1.07
Other pupils
+0.37
Low prior attainers
-0.35
Middle prior attainers
-0.12
High prior attainers
+0.64
Girls
+0.32
Boys
-0.37

A-level results over time

29.33201939.48202233.43202336.37202436.422025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry36.4235
Average gradeB-—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)33.3%17%
A-level students87—

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.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
Mathematics16917%52%69%
English Language16915%47%66%
English Literature15816%47%66%
Combined Science1029%27%48%
History8526%47%56%
Spanish7723%51%61%
Geography7427%49%59%
Biology6629%70%86%
Physics6630%71%80%
Chemistry6632%70%83%
Business555%40%60%
Media / Film / TV5014%44%64%

A level

SubjectEntriesA*A*–AA*–B
Media / Film / TV Studies260%8%27%
Mathematics1916%58%74%
Biology150%33%60%
Physics140%21%64%
English Literature1414%21%50%
History128%42%67%
Geography1217%33%50%
Government and Politics110%45%82%
Fine Art1020%30%90%
Psychology100%10%50%
Business Studies100%0%40%
Design and Technology (Product Design)100%10%30%

Oxbridge

<32020<32021<32022<3202302024≤52025

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2

UCAS apply centre 15615: Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre

Cambridge admissions12025
Applications≤5
Offers≤5
Success rate—
Accepted offers0

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

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)47%——
Apprenticeships2%——
Any education or training51%——

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 Gloucestershire council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Year 7 (secondary)31 October1 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.