Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Somerset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 16 April 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 29 June 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry356 applications · 211 places offered · 190 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2025 1.6; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2024 1.8; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2023 1.7; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2022 1.7; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2021 1.8; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2020 1.7; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2019 1.6; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2018 1.8; Somerset median median 1.5
- 2017 1.8; Somerset median median 1.6
- 2016 1.7; Somerset median median 1.6
- 2015 1.7; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2014 1.6; Somerset median median 1.5
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 211 | 356 | 1.7 | 190 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 208 | 327 | 1.6 | 197 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 193 | 337 | 1.8 | 177 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 208 | 354 | 1.7 | 212 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 209 | 359 | 1.7 | 224 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 213 | 379 | 1.8 | 263 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2020 | 228 | 387 | 1.7 | 251 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 | 214 | 338 | 1.6 | 225 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2018 | 214 | 390 | 1.8 | 257 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2017 | 214 | 387 | 1.8 | 245 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2016 | 213 | 368 | 1.7 | 231 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2015 | 203 | 337 | 1.7 | 201 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 213 | 335 | 1.6 | 217 | 1.02 |
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.) | 208 | 49.5 | 52% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 224 | 48.8 | 48% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 206 | 48.8 | 54% | 80% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 213 | 51.9 | 62% | 83% | +0.30 |
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
- Haygrove SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.7applications per place 49.5Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · SomersetRequires improvement2023
- 2.2 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · SomersetSpecial measures 20261.4applications per place 33.8Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · SomersetRemains Good · improving20242.6applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 10.2 km · SomersetSpecial measures Inadequate20231.3applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · SomersetSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade2025
- 11.9 km · SomersetGood20221.0applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 13.6 km · SomersetOutstanding20233.0applications per place 52.7Attainment 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
- 136917 · 933/4309
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,070 pupils · 1,051 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Haygrove School (URN 123882)
- Address
- Durleigh Road, Bridgwater, TA6 7HW
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources