Lavington School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Wiltshire
The Spring, Devizes, SN10 4EB
73
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
82%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.3%
17.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
910
Capacity used
Has space78%
1,160 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
82%
1st preference success rate
165 of 202 families who put it first got an offer
175
Places offered
319
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 202 | 165 | ● 82% |
| 2nd preference | 98 | 9 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 19 | 1 | ● 5% |
| Total | 319 | 175 | 55% |
1st preference success by year
Wiltshire lets families list 3 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
- Ralph Plummer
- Address
- The Spring, Market Lavington, Devizes, SN10 4EB
- Phone
- 01380812352
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Ward / constituency
- The Lavingtons · Melksham and Devizes
- Area
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 136389
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 14% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: EQUA MEAD LEARNING TRUST
910 pupils · 1,160 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
07 June 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 879 pupils
Attendance
93.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
17.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.6%
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 | 51.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.32 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 75% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.30 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 57.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 77.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 42.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 172 | — |
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.
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
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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.