The Stonehenge School

The Stonehenge School maintains a good standard of education, marked by a positive atmosphere where pupils enjoy attending. The new headteacher is setting ambitious expectations and fostering a safe and respectful environment amid a period of growth and challenges. The leadership is focused on improving attendance and addressing behavior that occasionally falls short of the school's high standards. While the school excels in various areas, there are still aspects, particularly in the implementation of the curriculum in certain subjects, that require further improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils take pride in their uniform and enjoy coming to school.
• Leaders set a clear vision and have heightened expectations for pupils and staff.
• The school provides effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Assessment practices are well used to track student understanding and improvement.
• Pupils benefit from a broad and varied curriculum with strong extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum across some subjects, particularly languages.
• A few pupils use inappropriate language without understanding its implications.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Stonehenge School attended 90.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 23.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 7.1% of pupils at The Stonehenge School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Stonehenge School had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.0% of pupils at The Stonehenge School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 The Stonehenge School received £8,218 and spent £8,221 for each of its 1,074 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £636,000 (£592 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is The Stonehenge School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Stonehenge School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was The Stonehenge School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Stonehenge School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does The Stonehenge School have?

The Stonehenge School has 1,072 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Stonehenge School cover?

The Stonehenge School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are The Stonehenge School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 39.2, and 32% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Stonehenge School?

The Stonehenge School is at Holders Road, Amesbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7PW.