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Wye School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 45.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
47.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
4.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.35 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 46.6[6] 40.4%[6]
2023/24 48.9[4] 48.4%[4] +0.35[4]
2022/23 45.3[7] 41%[7] +0.13[7]
2021/22 48.7[8] 58%[8] +0.42[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D[9] 0%[9]
2022/23 C-[10] 0%[10]
2021/22 C-[11] 0%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
40% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
48% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[12]
Employment
1% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[13] 53%[13] 0%[13] 34%[13] 1%[13] 3%[13]
2020/21 99%[14] 51%[14] 0%[14] 36%[14] 6%[14] 6%[14]
2019/20 97%[15] 50%[15] 0%[15] 41%[15] 2%[15] 3%[15]
2018/19 98%[16] 64%[16] 0%[16] 30%[16] 3%[16] 0%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[17]
Education
59% 2022/23[17]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[17]
Employment
25% 2022/23[17]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[18] 52%[18] 0%[18] 44%[18]
2020/21 84%[19] 64%[19] 0%[19] 20%[19]
2019/20 74%[20] 48%[20] 4%[20] 22%[20]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
63% 2021/22[21]
Top third of most selective universities
4% 2021/22[21]
Russell Group universities
26% 2019/20[22]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[22]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 81%[23] 14%[23]
2019/20 67%[22] 30%[22] 26%[22] 0%[22]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
21 May 2024[24]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[24]
Report published
24 Jun 2024[24]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[24]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[24]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
11 Dec 2018[25] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[25] No overall grade[25]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.5 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Applications (any preference)
595 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences
132 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Places offered
131 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 568[26] 94[26] 117[26] 4.9[26] 0.8[26]
Entry Sept 2024 629[26] 114[26] 116[26] 5.4[26] 1.0[26]
Entry Sept 2023 706[26] 165[26] 123[26] 5.7[26] 1.3[26]
Entry Sept 2022 482[26] 134[26] 93[26] 5.2[26] 1.4[26]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
120 Entry Sept 2027[27]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Capacity
600[1]
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.wyeschool.org.uk/[1]
District
Ashford[28]
Postcode
TN25 5EJ[1]
URN
139664[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
575 2024/25[29]
English as an additional language
13% 2024/25[29]
SEN support
17.6% 2024/25[29]
EHC plan
4.7% 2024/25[29]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
24.3% 2024/25[29]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
80.6%[30]
Mixed
7%[30]
Asian
5.9%[30]
Black
5.4%[30]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[30]
Unclassified
0.5%[30]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Year 7 Entry The Published Admissions Number (PAN) for entry into Year 7 is 120. (p. 2)
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