Royal Wootton Bassett Academy | School performance

75%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

56%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

51.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

39%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1241.5

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,688

Pupils · 2024/25

12%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

75%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

56%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

51.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

39%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1241.5

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,688

Pupils · 2024/25

12%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

75%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

56%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

51.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

39%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1241.5

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,688

Pupils · 2024/25

12%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 28/11/2013

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityWiltshire

PhaseSecondary with sixth form with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio18.8:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Royal Wootton Bassett Academy · Secondary with sixth form · Wiltshire

Part ofASCEND LEARNING TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

75%

+5pp

76%73%71%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 75%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

56%

+5pp

56%54%51%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 56%

Attainment 8

51.0

+3.6

51.949.647.4

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 51.0

EBacc entry

39%

+8pp

56%44%31%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 39%

EBacc APS

1241.5

+110.6

1379.51255.21131.0

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 1241.5

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

36.4

+2.2

37.635.934.2

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 36.4

A-level value added

+0.05

-0.1

+0.20.0-0.1

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · +0.1

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

21%

+2pp

21%18%15%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 21%

Average A-level grade

B-

B-C+C+

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · B-

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

1,688

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

12%

FSM eligible

14%

SEN

17%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

16%

Contact

Address

Lime Kiln, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 7HG

Local authority

Wiltshire

Website

http://www.rwba.org.uk/

Telephone

01793841900

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	75%	56%	51.0	Not applicable	39%	1241.5	42%	1,688
2023/24	71%	51%	47.4	+0.08	31%	1131.0	34%	1,727
2022/23	76%	55%	50.1	+0.34	55%	1237.3	57%	1,725
2021/22	73%	53%	50.9	+0.16	56%	1248.2	59%	1,748
2018/19	74%	55%	51.9	+0.22	41%	1379.5	43%	1,795
2017/18	76%	55%	51.6	+0.14	38%	1322.1	42%	1,762
2016/17	77%	54%	51.5	+0.17	49%	—	53%	1,683

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	36.4	B-	+0.05	21%	144
2023/24	34.2	C+	+0.10	19%	161
2022/23	35.3	B-	—	15%	141
2021/22	37.6	B-	—	17%	177
2018/19	34.9	C+	+0.07	15%	213
2017/18	34.8	C+	-0.13	14%	113
2016/17	34.2	C+	+0.15	17%	117

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	1,688	17.6	17%	12%	14%	7%	16%
2023/24	1,727	17.5	17%	11%	15%	8%	19%
2022/23	1,725	16.7	18%	11%	15%	7%	18%
2021/22	1,748	15.8	16%	11%	15%	6%	18%
2020/21	1,761	16.6	17%	10%	12%	—	—
2018/19	1,795	17.4	14%	10%	14%	5%	10%
2017/18	1,762	17.3	13%	10%	14%	4%	10%
2016/17	1,683	15.8	13%	8%	13%	4%	9%