Graded inspection · Nov 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
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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 entry206 applications · 146 places offered · 138 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2025 1.3; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2024 1.4; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2023 1.3; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2022 1.4; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2021 1.4; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2020 1.4; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2019 1.5; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2018 1.5; Somerset median median 1.5
- 2017 1.3; Somerset median median 1.6
- 2016 1.5; Somerset median median 1.6
- 2015 1.6; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2014 1.5; 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 | 146 | 206 | 1.4 | 138 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 167 | 217 | 1.3 | 162 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 173 | 241 | 1.4 | 172 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 147 | 194 | 1.3 | 136 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 170 | 245 | 1.4 | 142 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2021 | 170 | 243 | 1.4 | 158 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 149 | 214 | 1.4 | 144 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 161 | 234 | 1.5 | 165 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2018 | 122 | 184 | 1.5 | 121 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 124 | 165 | 1.3 | 119 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 111 | 169 | 1.5 | 105 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 104 | 164 | 1.6 | 102 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 | 118 | 177 | 1.5 | 117 | 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.) | 152 | 45.9 | 46% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 132 | 43.7 | 48% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 152 | 42.9 | 47% | 65% | −0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 140 | 39.0 | 39% | 58% | −0.55 |
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
- Stanchester AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · SomersetGood20231.9applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · SomersetRemains Good20232.0applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · SomersetGood20241.4applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 11.3 km · SomersetSpecial measures 20261.3applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 14.9 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.5applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 15.5 km · DorsetGood20231.7applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 18.8 km · SomersetGood20231.2applications per place 42.9Attainment 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
- 137080 · 933/4450
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 880 pupils · 829 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Stanchester Community School (URN 123889)
- Address
- East Stoke, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, TA14 6UG
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources