Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Somerset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 26 April 2022Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry125 applications · 95 places offered · 95 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2025 1.2; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2024 1.1; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2023 1.2; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2022 1.2; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2021 1.2; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2020 1.2; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2019 1.2; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2018 1.3; Somerset median median 1.5
- 2017 1.2; Somerset median median 1.6
- 2016 1.3; Somerset median median 1.6
- 2015 1.3; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 95 | 125 | 1.3 | 95 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 95 | 116 | 1.2 | 95 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 112 | 126 | 1.1 | 107 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 131 | 154 | 1.2 | 134 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 115 | 133 | 1.2 | 112 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 115 | 135 | 1.2 | 112 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 110 | 131 | 1.2 | 106 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 89 | 106 | 1.2 | 90 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2018 | 93 | 117 | 1.3 | 90 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 120 | 143 | 1.2 | 110 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 | 89 | 116 | 1.3 | 86 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 84 | 108 | 1.3 | 84 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 95 | 121 | 1.3 | 94 | 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.) | 110 | 39.7 | 29% | 52% | – |
| 2024/25 | 111 | 40.5 | 35% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 96 | 43.6 | 43% | 64% | +0.06 |
| 2022/23 | 98 | 43.9 | 38% | 53% | −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
- WhitstoneThis schoolThis school20261.3applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · SomersetRemains Good20231.3applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · Somerset20261.3applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · SomersetGood20231.6applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · Bath and North East SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 11.2 km · Bath and North East SomersetRemains Good20222.5applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 12.9 km · SomersetGood20241.6applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 13.3 km · Bath and North East SomersetRemains Good202432.4Attainment 8
- 13.4 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20231.3applications per place 42.5Attainment 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
- 137192 · 933/4282
- Trust
- Whitstone School Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 625 pupils · 545 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Whitstone (URN 123872)
- Address
- Charlton Road, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5PF
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources