Graded inspection · Mar 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 | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate | |||
| Personal development | Inadequate | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| 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 entry333 applications · 264 places offered · 184 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2025 0.9; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2024 1.2; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2023 1.2; Somerset median median 1.2; as the previous school
- 2022 1.6; Somerset median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2021 1.7; Somerset median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2020 1.7; Somerset median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Somerset median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Somerset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.3; Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.4; Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Somerset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Somerset median
Dashed bars: as Heathfield Community School (URN 123883), 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 | 264 | 333 | 1.3 | 184 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2025 | 267 | 230 | 0.9 | 153 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2024 | 192 | 235 | 1.2 | 149 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2023 * | 223 | 272 | 1.2 | 173 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2022 * | 265 | 431 | 1.6 | 241 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 * | 262 | 439 | 1.7 | 229 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2020 * | 268 | 466 | 1.7 | 231 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2019 * | 267 | 512 | 1.9 | 260 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 * | 264 | 539 | 2.0 | 298 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 * | 265 | 523 | 2.0 | 264 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 239 | 544 | 2.3 | 290 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2015 * | 234 | 556 | 2.4 | 265 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 * | 232 | 509 | 2.2 | 264 | 1.14 |
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.) | 251 | 42.2 | 37% | 59% | – |
| 2024/25 | 246 | 41.4 | 35% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | – | ||||
| 2022/23 * | 262 | 44.1 | 42% | 63% | −0.11 |
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
- Monkton Wood AcademyThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures Inadequate20231.3applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · SomersetSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade2025
- 3.9 km · SomersetRemains Good20233.0applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · SomersetOutstanding20233.0applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 10.2 km · SomersetGood20241.7applications per place 49.5Attainment 8
- 10.3 km · SomersetRequires improvement2023
- 12.2 km · SomersetSpecial measures 20261.4applications per place 33.8Attainment 8
- 12.3 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 12.7 km · SomersetRemains Good · improving20242.6applications per place 37.2Attainment 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
- 150130 · 933/4011
- Capacity
- 1,410 pupils · 1,267 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 December 2023
- Replaced
- Heathfield Community School (URN 123883)
- Address
- School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PD
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources