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Preston School Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,003Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 136894URN

Monks Dale, Yeovil, BA21 3JD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.5 above Somerset median (1.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Somerset

382 applications for 205 places · 5th of 23 in Somerset
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.3of 90
6th of 27 in Somerset
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 10 January 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.9applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Somerset median (1.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

382 applications · 205 places offered · 185 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Somerset median median 1.4
  2. 2025 2.1; Somerset median median 1.3
  3. 2024 2.1; Somerset median median 1.2
  4. 2023 1.8; Somerset median median 1.2
  5. 2022 1.8; Somerset median median 1.3
  6. 2021 1.8; Somerset median median 1.3
  7. 2020 2.4; Somerset median median 1.4
  8. 2019 1.9; Somerset median median 1.4
  9. 2018 1.9; Somerset median median 1.5
  10. 2017 2.0; Somerset median median 1.6
  11. 2016 2.1; Somerset median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.9; Somerset median median 1.7
  13. 2014 2.0; Somerset median median 1.5
More applications per place than the Somerset median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262053821.91850.90
Sep 20251653532.11460.88
Sep 20242044182.12191.07
Sep 20232033661.81850.91
Sep 20222043751.82071.01
Sep 20211652901.81100.67
Sep 20201032512.4940.91
Sep 20191743281.91670.96
Sep 20181753321.91680.96
Sep 20172034052.02321.14
Sep 20161813812.11720.95
Sep 20152013761.92051.02
Sep 20142024052.02041.01

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

202 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.36th of 27 in Somerset
Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%6th of 27 in Somerset
Grade 4 or above in English and maths68%
  • This school
  • Somerset median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.23
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20248.348%68%–
2024/2515445.940%62%–
2023/2419853.957%75%+0.23
2022/2317847.048%69%−0.22

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

  • 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
136894 · 933/4455
Trust
Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
975 pupils · 1,003 on roll
Free school meals
22.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Preston School (URN 123891)
Address
Monks Dale, Yeovil, BA21 3JD
Local authority
Somerset

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources