Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Bath and North East 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 entry235 applications · 178 places offered · 147 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2025 1.5; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.2; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9
- 2023 1.4; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.5; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2021 1.2; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.2
- 2020 1.5; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.2
- 2019 1.5; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.3
- 2018 1.2; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2017 1.4; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2016 1.4; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2015 1.3; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9
- 2014 1.4; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9
- This school
- Bath and North East 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 | 178 | 235 | 1.3 | 147 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2025 | 145 | 215 | 1.5 | 137 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 166 | 204 | 1.2 | 123 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2023 | 145 | 200 | 1.4 | 133 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 129 | 196 | 1.5 | 107 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 198 | 228 | 1.2 | 127 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2020 | 130 | 194 | 1.5 | 108 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 | 169 | 253 | 1.5 | 162 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 225 | 273 | 1.2 | 199 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 226 | 320 | 1.4 | 212 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 | 248 | 345 | 1.4 | 236 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 216 | 282 | 1.3 | 211 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 | 243 | 347 | 1.4 | 266 | 1.09 |
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.) | 150 | 42.5 | 33% | 51% | – |
| 2024/25 | 131 | 40.3 | 27% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 | 165 | 46.5 | 44% | 64% | +0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 178 | 44.8 | 36% | 60% | +0.13 |
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
- Writhlington SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.3applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 0.1 km · Bath and North East SomersetRemains Good202432.4Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Bath and North East SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Bath and North East SomersetRemains Good20222.5applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20222.6applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
- 9.2 km · Somerset2026
- 9.7 km · SomersetRemains Good202342.8Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · SomersetGood2022
- 10.7 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20232.5applications per place 56.4Attainment 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
- 137548 · 800/4134
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,547 pupils · 894 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2011
- Replaced
- Writhlington School (URN 109303)
- Address
- Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, BA3 3NQ
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources