Abbeyfield School
Secondary · Chippenham · SN15 3XB
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 29 November 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
902 pupils · 84% of 1,069 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28% of pupils (January 2026)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- URN
- 151948
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 131 families named it first for 135 Year 7 places, 0.97 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 29 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.97 first-choice applications per place135 places offered · 131 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Wiltshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 81% (Wiltshire 80%, England 59%) · Not recorded 8% (Wiltshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Wiltshire 5%, England 7%) · Black African 1% (Wiltshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Wiltshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 3%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,263; 9.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 40.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 15.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 44.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 8.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 49.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 79.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 4.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 16% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 37.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 10.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 28.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 10.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034523 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £265,000138 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £217,000–£358,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 2a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 5a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted