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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 28 February 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
- 28 April 2015Graded 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 entry88 applications · 34 places offered · 61 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 2.6; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2025 2.3; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2024 2.8; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2023 2.9; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2022 2.3; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2021 2.0; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2020 2.5; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2019 1.9; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2018 2.1; Somerset median median 1.5
- 2017 2.3; Somerset median median 1.6
- 2016 2.4; Somerset median median 1.6
- 2015 2.1; Somerset median median 1.7
- 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 | 34 | 88 | 2.6 | 61 | 1.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 33 | 77 | 2.3 | 63 | 1.91 |
| Sep 2024 | 31 | 86 | 2.8 | 70 | 2.26 |
| Sep 2023 | 33 | 95 | 2.9 | 75 | 2.27 |
| Sep 2022 | 32 | 75 | 2.3 | 62 | 1.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 39 | 77 | 2.0 | 61 | 1.56 |
| Sep 2020 | 36 | 90 | 2.5 | 65 | 1.81 |
| Sep 2019 | 41 | 78 | 1.9 | 64 | 1.56 |
| Sep 2018 | 42 | 88 | 2.1 | 74 | 1.76 |
| Sep 2017 | 35 | 80 | 2.3 | 61 | 1.74 |
| Sep 2016 | 32 | 78 | 2.4 | 51 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2015 | 22 | 45 | 2.1 | 30 | 1.36 |
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.) | 68 | 37.2 | 29% | 46% | – |
| 2024/25 | 68 | 44.0 | 35% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 61 | 39.7 | 30% | 56% | +0.33 |
| 2022/23 | 68 | 45.6 | 24% | 54% | +0.67 |
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
- Brymore AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20242.6applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · SomersetGood20241.7applications per place 49.5Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · SomersetRequires improvement2023
- 7.1 km · SomersetSpecial measures 20261.4applications per place 33.8Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · SomersetGood20221.0applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · SomersetSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade2025
- 12.7 km · SomersetSpecial measures Inadequate20231.3applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 14.9 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139655 · 933/4003
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 350 pupils · 327 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- Brymore School (URN 123903)
- Address
- Cannington, Bridgwater, TA5 2NB
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources