# Abbeyfield School — Chippenham, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/abbeyfield-school-24482 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.9/5 from 11 published reviews - **Principal:** Mr Nick Norgrove ## Contact - **Address:** Abbeyfield School, Stanley Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire - **Phone:** 01249 464500 - **Website:** http://www.abbeyfield.wilts.sch.uk/ - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/abbeyfield-school-24482 ## About Abbeyfield School is a caring and nurturing school with high expectations for all. It promotes independence, team work and collaboration. The school has a broad and deep curriculum that prepares pupils for a rapidly changing world. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Good — Nov 2022 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Nov 2022 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Nov 2022 - **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Nov 2022 - **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Good — Nov 2022 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — Avoid this School: Abbeyfield School is not an environment I would recommend. I continue to have problems with the head master and have ongoing complaints with the school. *(Feb 2025)* - **1/5** — This isn't a school, it's fight club: This school doesn't take bullying seriously. I have been trying to work with the school since my child started last year. The staff, teachers either refuses or simply does nothing about bullying they'll allow it to continue until your child is self harming. The school has NEVER contacted the parent of the child who assaulted my daughter. The police ended up having to. If your child refuses to attend school due to the trauma that has happened towards them don't expect any help or education to be … *(Sep 2024)* - **3/5** — good enough: the only 3 decent members of staff such as the 2 deputy heads and year 9 pastoral they are the only members of staff that seem to react to problems when students need the help. Most teacher pick on the same students 24/7 for things that some students can’t help eg sit still, remain focus. never aloud to go to the toilet the new rules are stupid getting warnings for coughing, asking why you got a warning. students expected to go outside in the rain in a shirt to get food because they won’t give y… *(Jun 2024)* - **2/5** — absolutely shocking: my personal experience at this school has been... average, fortunately the teachers i have had in my past 3-4 years being at this school have (most of them) been kind, caring, sweet and lovely. however i cant say the same for other teachers, some have no compassion, no decency or any respect for the students they are teaching and demand that they recieve it, then go onto complain when a student makes a minor mistake. the rules and how they are enforced in this school are absolutely shocking, esp… *(Apr 2024)* - **4/5** — Nice School, Room for Improvement: I've been generally pleased with Abbeyfield School so far. The facilities are great, and the staff seem friendly and approachable. However, I've noticed that communication with parents could be better, and I've had a few issues with the Edulink system. My child seems to be enjoying their time at the school, and I appreciate the school's efforts to promote the values of respect, resilience, and responsibility. *(Sep 2022)* - **5/5** — Excellent School Experience: I am thoroughly impressed with Abbeyfield School. My child has grown and developed so much since joining the school, and I credit the excellent teaching staff and facilities for this. The school's values of respect, resilience, and responsibility are clearly embedded in everything they do, and my child has developed a strong sense of these values. I highly recommend Abbeyfield to any parent looking for a supportive and nurturing environment for their child. *(Jun 2022)* - **1/5** — would not recommend: absolutely rampant for homophobia, transphobia, sexism, racism, etc. teachers will continually claim to do something, however nothing ever comes of it. attempts at inclusion are misguided at best and misleading at worst. during pride month (june) i have had rocks and nails thrown at me, myself and friends have been bombarded by footballs when doing absolutely nothing but each our lunch. i have had former friends (who were then dating) say that they were asked "who wears the strap" by boys in the… *(Apr 2022)* - **1/5** — Bad school!: Bad food seeing as we are still paying customers, bad teachers mainly who can’t even teach their own subject correctly, bad staff, and unnecessary rules and regulations since covid, handled the whole lockdown working really badly as well. *(Oct 2021)* - **5/5** — A Big Family and Great Community: I have nothing but fond memories of my time at Abbeyfield. The staff were always supportive and went above and beyond to ensure my child's success. The school's curriculum was engaging and relevant, and my child loved taking part in the various extracurricular programs. The facilities were also excellent, with a great range of resources and equipment. I'm so grateful to have had my child attend Abbeyfield! *(Dec 2020)* - **2/5** — Do not recommend: The lack of care about bullying or education is austonishing. I'm year 11 and never got proper help for bullying wich I've been experiencing since primary but id always get help. In abbeyfield they believe the bullys story over the victimms. mental health care they're is ridiculousthey'll mark u down as high risk and never follow up if the counsellor deems you okay which is really easy to fake she'll let you go off like nothings been wrong. Also if u ask for extra help most teachers wont give yo… *(Oct 2020)* ## Other schools in Chippenham - [Hardenhuish School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/hardenhuish-school-12048) — 1.8/5 (19 reviews) - [Sheldon School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/sheldon-school-12327) — 1.4/5 (8 reviews) - [Lacock Church of England Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/lacock-church-of-england-primary-school-10391) — 4.6/5 (4 reviews) - [Luckington Community School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/luckington-community-school-10352) — 4.6/5 (4 reviews) - [Kington St Michael Church of England Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/kington-st-michael-church-of-england-primary-school-10390) — 4.5/5 (4 reviews) - [Sutton Benger Church of England Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/chippenham/sutton-benger-church-of-england-primary-school-21078) — 4.5/5 (4 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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