Graded inspection · Sep 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry372 applications · 198 places offered · 227 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2025 1.7; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2024 1.8; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2023 1.6; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2022 1.6; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2021 1.6; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2020 1.8; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2019 1.9; Somerset median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; Somerset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Somerset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Somerset median
Dashed bars: as Chilton Trinity (URN 123881), the previous school.
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 | 198 | 372 | 1.9 | 227 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2025 | 192 | 324 | 1.7 | 198 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 192 | 351 | 1.8 | 185 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 195 | 311 | 1.6 | 172 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 182 | 287 | 1.6 | 175 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 168 | 262 | 1.6 | 134 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2020 | 180 | 323 | 1.8 | 163 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 * | 166 | 308 | 1.9 | 164 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 * | 199 | 315 | 1.6 | 173 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2017 * | 180 | 320 | 1.8 | 158 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 * | 155 | 330 | 2.1 | 148 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 * | 188 | 337 | 1.8 | 185 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 191 | 360 | 1.9 | 187 | 0.98 |
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.) | 193 | 42.3 | 35% | 57% | – |
| 2024/25 | 179 | 42.0 | 36% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 175 | 43.0 | 38% | 67% | −0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 171 | 39.8 | 29% | 52% | −0.64 |
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
- Chilton Trinity SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · SomersetSpecial measures 20261.4applications per place 33.8Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · SomersetGood20241.7applications per place 49.5Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · SomersetRequires improvement2023
- 5.1 km · SomersetRemains Good · improving20242.6applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · SomersetGood20221.0applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 12.3 km · SomersetSpecial measures Inadequate20231.3applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 13.2 km · SomersetSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade2025
- 14.7 km · SomersetGood2023
- 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
- 145677 · 933/4308
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 990 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2019
- Replaced
- Chilton Trinity (URN 123881)
- Address
- Chilton Street, Bridgwater, TA6 3JA
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources