Wey Valley Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Dorset, Dorset. The school has 996 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 11 October 2023). Last inspected 11 October 2023. The Headteacher is Steven Dyer. The school is administered by Dorset local authority. It belongs to AUTHENTIC EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED. It opened in 1 June 2019.
Applications for places at Wey Valley Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Dorset). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
41.0
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.36
Progress 8 · 2023-24
49%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
61%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.61
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
33%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.