Downland School is a school located in Devizes. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 09/10/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 19.4%, which is 15.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Downlands Road, Devizes

School Information

Address: Downlands Road, Devizes, SN10 5EF
Website: www.downland.org.uk
Telephone: 01380724193
School Type: Community special school
Education phase: Not applicable
Local authority: Wiltshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Georgina Keily-Theobald
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 126550

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 09/10/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 10 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 90
Number of Pupils: 91
Number of Boys: 75
Number of Girls: 16

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 19.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 55.7% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -8.9 Confidence interval -13.5 to -4.4
Writing
Well Below Average: -15.1 Confidence interval -19 to -11.1
Maths
Well Below Average: -7.2 Confidence interval -11.2 to -3.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:91
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:90
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -2.14 Confidence interval -2.79 to -1.49
Of the 15 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 15 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:0%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:88%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:0%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:11.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:0.46
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wansdyke School
Downlands Road , SN10 5EF 		3out of 4 223 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Southbroom St James Academy
Nursteed Road , SN10 3AH 		3out of 4 974 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Southbroom Infants' School
The Green , Southbroom Road SN10 5AA 		3out of 4 1,067 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Nursteed Community Primary School
Brickley Lane , SN10 3BF 		3out of 4 1,813 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes
St Joseph's Place , SN10 1DD 		3out of 4 1,814 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Devizes School
The Green , SN10 3AG 		3out of 4 1,236 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Downland School
Downlands Road , SN10 5EF 		3out of 4 0 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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