Overall Oxbridge
#1,655
2 ranked schools · -741 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
22
Offers
2
Offer rate9.1%
-13.3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Wiltshire's principal market town on the River Avon, Chippenham carries a civic history stretching from Alfred the Great's royal vill to the arrival of the Great Western Railway in 1841. The railway changed everything. It cemented Chippenham's role as a regional hub in north-west Wiltshire, and trains now reach Bristol Temple Meads in under twenty-five minutes. Around 37,000 people live in the town today, with the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty within easy reach to the east. Hardenhuish is among the most sought-after pockets for school catchments, while Marshfield has long been a school-competitive corner of the area for families weighing primary options. Sutton Benger and Colerne extend the village catchment map.
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Area Performance
Across 27 primary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 6.72/10, -0.67 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Chippenham schools
Chippenham vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Chippenham schools
top 61% of 14,978
top 61% of 14,978
top 52% of 2,555
top 52% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
2 ranked schools · -741 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
22
Offers
2
Oxford
2 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
16
Offers
0
Cambridge
2 ranked schools · -67 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
6
Offers
2
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