Patchway Community School
About the school
Patchway Community School is an open secondary school in South Gloucestershire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 10 December 2024
- Published
- 20 January 2025
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 37
- South Gloucestershire
- 42.9
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- South Gloucestershire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 26.70%
- South Gloucestershire
- 42.80%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 45.30%
- South Gloucestershire
- 61.60%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 16.30%
- South Gloucestershire
- 25.00%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.14
- South Gloucestershire
- 3.73
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- No entries
Average A-level points
- School
- No entries
AAB or better
- School
- No entries
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
951
Girls
47.74%
Boys
52.26%
SEN support
14.72%
Education, health and care plan
4.21%
English as an additional language
18.90%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
27.27%
Overall absence
11.58
Persistent absence
31.82
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
107
Sustained education or employment
87%
Education
78%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
4%
Not sustained
6%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
14
Sustained education or employment
93%
Higher education
43%
Further education
0%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
43%