Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Chepstow, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school in Chepstow, Gloucestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 5 of the 9 earlier years; the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 45% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the A level average grade was B- (England B-).
- Year 7 2026 entry saw 78 first-choice applications for 79 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- 15.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.2% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Gloucestershire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Beachley Road, Sedbury, Chepstow, NP16 7AA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,024 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “Wyedean school is true to its motto ‘Aspire Together, Achieve Together’.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school and have positive relationships with adults.”
- “Pupils feel safe and part of a caring community.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ existing knowledge is sometimes underestimated.”
- “This means pupils are not introduced to new, more demanding content quickly enough.”
- “In some areas of the curriculum, there has been less consideration about what are the most effective teaching methods to support pupils to learn and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 78 first-preference applications, 79 offers in total, 78 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Gloucestershire.
- The Dean Academy 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- SGS Berkeley Green UTC 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Five Acres High School 11.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Katharine Lady Berkeley's School 12.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Rednock School 13.4 mi Good Last distance published
- SGS Forest High School 14.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Dene Magna and Sixth Form 16.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Maidenhill School 18.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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