Academic Performance
In 2008 65% of the school's GCSE pupils achieved grades 5 A* to C including English and Mathematics. Currently there are 1,215 pupils attending the school, across key stages 3-5.
It gets the third best GCSE results for comprehensives in Wiltshire with very creditable results, and the seventh best for comprehensives at A level, with results above the England average. Most schools in Wiltshire achieve good results at A level: which is not always the case in other rural English counties.
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