70
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
94%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.6%
18.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
557
Capacity used
Nearly full93%
600 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
94%
1st preference success rate
88 of 94 families who put it first got an offer
117
Places offered
568
Total applications
4.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 94 | 88 | ● 94% |
| 2nd preference | 153 | 15 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 183 | 10 | ● 5% |
| 4th preference | 138 | 4 | ● 3% |
| Total | 568 | 117 | 21% |
1st preference success by year
Kent lets families list 4 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Luke Magee
- Address
- Olantigh Road, Wye, TN25 5EJ
- Phone
- 01233811110
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Wye with Hinxhill · Ashford
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139664
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 24% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 12% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST
557 pupils · 600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
22 May 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 561 pupils
Attendance
93.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.7%
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 | 48.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.35 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 48% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 74% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.66 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 21.25 | — | — |
Average grade: D (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 40.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 77.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 62.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 94 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 25.94 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 0% | 17% |
| A-level students | 18 | — |
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.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 93 | 12% | 56% | 84% | |
| English Language | 93 | 12% | 46% | 80% | |
| English Literature | 92 | 14% | 54% | 77% | |
| Geography | 84 | 10% | 37% | 65% | |
| Combined Science | 78 | 4% | 37% | 72% | |
| Religious Studies | 57 | 19% | 68% | 81% | |
| French | 38 | 11% | 21% | 37% | |
| Business | 28 | 4% | 32% | 61% | |
| Physical Education | 27 | 0% | 30% | 48% | |
| History | 24 | 13% | 63% | 75% | |
| Art and Design | 24 | 17% | 46% | 67% | |
| Spanish | 22 | 14% | 36% | 55% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 10 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |
| Geography | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% | |
| Mathematics | 7 | 0% | 14% | 29% | |
| Sociology | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| Physics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Language and Literature | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #315 of 1,846 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 20106: Wye School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
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
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 48% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 0% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 52% | — | — |
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 Kent council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 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.