Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 8 October 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 22 March 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry427 applications · 279 places offered · 303 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2025 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.7; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9
- 2023 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.5; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2021 2.2; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.2
- 2020 1.5; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.2
- 2019 1.4; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.3
- 2018 1.4; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2017 1.5; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2016 1.4; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2015 1.4; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9
- 2014 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9
- This school
- Bath and North East Somerset median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 279 | 427 | 1.5 | 303 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2025 | 268 | 433 | 1.6 | 260 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 273 | 462 | 1.7 | 332 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2023 | 291 | 450 | 1.6 | 285 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 300 | 452 | 1.5 | 283 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 238 | 511 | 2.2 | 351 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2020 | 307 | 467 | 1.5 | 326 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2019 | 341 | 474 | 1.4 | 340 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 303 | 427 | 1.4 | 303 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 296 | 445 | 1.5 | 313 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2016 | 298 | 428 | 1.4 | 300 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2015 | 270 | 380 | 1.4 | 267 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 224 | 350 | 1.6 | 222 | 0.99 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 276 | 51.0 | 55% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 | 287 | 50.2 | 53% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 298 | 52.2 | 55% | 79% | +0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 276 | 51.8 | 57% | 78% | +0.16 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Norton Hill AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · Bath and North East SomersetRemains Good20222.5applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Bath and North East SomersetRemains Good202432.4Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20231.3applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 10.7 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20222.6applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · Somerset20261.3applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 11.5 km · Somerset2026
- 12.5 km · SomersetRemains Good202342.8Attainment 8
- 13.1 km · Bath and North East SomersetRemains Good20222.1applications per place 59.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136335 · 800/4128
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,718 pupils · 1,757 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2010
- Replaced
- Norton Hill School (URN 109301)
- Address
- Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4AD
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources