Graded inspection · Jan 2023 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 | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry152 applications · 98 places offered · 97 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.6; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2025 1.9; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2024 2.4; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2023 1.8; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2022 1.9; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2021 1.6; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2020 1.6; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2019 1.6; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2018 1.6; Somerset median median 1.5
- 2017 2.2; Somerset median median 1.6
- 2016 2.2; Somerset median median 1.6
- 2015 1.8; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2014 3.1; 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 | 98 | 152 | 1.6 | 97 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 79 | 152 | 1.9 | 99 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2024 | 64 | 153 | 2.4 | 111 | 1.73 |
| Sep 2023 | 74 | 135 | 1.8 | 91 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2022 | 85 | 157 | 1.9 | 106 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2021 | 73 | 120 | 1.6 | 70 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 92 | 150 | 1.6 | 87 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 146 | 1.6 | 94 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 | 101 | 159 | 1.6 | 100 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 68 | 149 | 2.2 | 97 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2016 | 68 | 151 | 2.2 | 91 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2015 | 65 | 114 | 1.8 | 73 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2014 | 26 | 81 | 3.1 | 40 | 1.54 |
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.) | 99 | 47.1 | 46% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 108 | 51.5 | 53% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 109 | 50.4 | 58% | 73% | +0.33 |
| 2022/23 | 112 | 52.1 | 59% | 79% | +0.02 |
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
- Sexey's SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.6applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Somerset20261.3applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · Somerset20261.3applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 15.6 km · DorsetGood2023
- 16.4 km · Somerset2026
- 16.7 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.5applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 17.9 km · SomersetRemains Good20231.3applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 18.2 km · SomersetGood2022
- 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
- 137313 · 933/5400
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 664 pupils · 633 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 17 August 2011
- Replaced
- Sexey's School (URN 123902)
- Address
- Cole Road, Bruton, BA10 0DF
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources