The Young People's Support Centre, Chippenham
The Young People's Support Centre is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Chippenham.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
The Young People's Support Centre in detail
Getting a place at The Young People's Support Centre
Across Wiltshire, 94% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Wiltshire lodged 78 appeals against secondary school offers; 69 reached a hearing and 17 succeeded (24.6% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to The Young People's Support Centre are Hardenhuish School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.3); Sheldon School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.5); Abbeyfield School (1.4 miles); and The Corsham School (4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.3).
Hardenhuish SchoolSheldon SchoolAbbeyfield SchoolThe Corsham School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Chippenham Rail Station, about 380 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Pauls Church (sw-bound), 70 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Young People's Support Centre stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 6th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 161 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wiltshire (34), as is usual near a town centre.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to The Young People's Support Centre are St Paul's Primary School (0.4 miles), Ivy Lane Primary School (0.4 miles), Monkton Park Primary School (0.6 miles) and Redland Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
St Paul's Primary SchoolIvy Lane Primary SchoolMonkton Park Primary SchoolRedland Primary School
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
No inspection data available
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with The Young People's Support Centre
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 22
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 22 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 18 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Wiltshire is 4 (the median across 265 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Chippenham
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Chippenham
Across Wiltshire council
Places available
6,150
Applications
4,934
Got 1st preference
93.9%
Got preferred school
98.3%
All secondary applications across Wiltshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
The Young People's Support Centre
Showing 10 of 11 linked schools
Questions parents ask about The Young People's Support Centre
What is the catchment area for The Young People's Support Centre?
No fixed boundary. When The Young People's Support Centre is oversubscribed, Wiltshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to The Young People's Support Centre?
Apply through Wiltshire's coordinated admissions process, naming The Young People's Support Centre on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.
How many road collisions happen near The Young People's Support Centre?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 22 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 18 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Wiltshire is 4 (the median across 265 schools, same distance and years).
Where is The Young People's Support Centre?
The Young People's Support Centre is at The Bridge Centre, Bath Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1AA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)