Graded inspection · Nov 2022 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 entry228 applications · 225 places offered · 223 named it first
- 2026 1.0; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2025 1.1; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2024 1.0; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2023 1.0; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2022 1.0; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2021 1.0; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2020 1.0; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2019 1.0; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2018 1.0; Somerset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2017 1.0; Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.0; Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.0; Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.0; Somerset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Somerset median
Dashed bars: as The King Alfred School (URN 123879), 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 | 225 | 228 | 1.0 | 223 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 242 | 253 | 1.1 | 248 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 233 | 240 | 1.0 | 233 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 218 | 220 | 1.0 | 217 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 222 | 219 | 1.0 | 217 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 194 | 197 | 1.0 | 192 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 218 | 219 | 1.0 | 212 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 211 | 216 | 1.0 | 211 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 224 | 227 | 1.0 | 218 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 214 | 217 | 1.0 | 210 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 217 | 218 | 1.0 | 215 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 233 | 239 | 1.0 | 232 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 248 | 254 | 1.0 | 249 | 1.00 |
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.) | 227 | 40.7 | 30% | 53% | – |
| 2024/25 | 228 | 40.5 | 33% | 54% | – |
| 2023/24 | 237 | 38.7 | 27% | 49% | −0.53 |
| 2022/23 | 235 | 40.1 | 30% | 50% | −0.44 |
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
- The King Alfred SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.0applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · SomersetGood2023
- 10.5 km · SomersetSpecial measures 20261.4applications per place 33.8Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · SomersetRemains Good · improving20242.6applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 11.3 km · North SomersetGood20231.6applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · SomersetGood20241.7applications per place 49.5Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · SomersetRequires improvement2023
- 12.5 km · North SomersetRemains Good20231.9applications per place 47.2Attainment 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
- 146439 · 933/4005
- Trust
- Pathway Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,375 pupils · 1,269 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2018
- Replaced
- The King Alfred School (URN 123879)
- Address
- Burnham Road, Highbridge, TA9 3EE
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources