Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
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 |
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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 entryFaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2025 1.3; Somerset median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2024 1.3; Somerset median median 1.2; as the previous school
- 2023 1.2; Somerset median median 1.2; as the previous school
- 2022 1.2; Somerset median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2021 1.2; Somerset median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2020 1.1; Somerset median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2019 1.0; Somerset median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2018 1.0; Somerset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2017 1.1; Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.1; Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 0.9; Somerset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Somerset median
Dashed bars: as Pyrland School (URN 136193), the previous school.
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 2025 * | 206 | 272 | 1.3 | 164 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2024 * | 190 | 241 | 1.3 | 128 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2023 * | 217 | 262 | 1.2 | 158 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2022 * | 176 | 219 | 1.2 | 157 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2021 * | 184 | 217 | 1.2 | 142 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2020 * | 170 | 185 | 1.1 | 107 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2019 * | 160 | 161 | 1.0 | 104 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2018 * | 162 | 154 | 1.0 | 102 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2017 * | 155 | 166 | 1.1 | 88 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2016 * | 135 | 143 | 1.1 | 82 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2015 * | 105 | 116 | 1.1 | 71 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2014 * | 139 | 129 | 0.9 | 85 | 0.61 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Pyrland SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade2025
- 2.6 km · SomersetOutstanding20233.0applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · SomersetSpecial measures Inadequate20231.3applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · SomersetRemains Good20233.0applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · SomersetGood20241.7applications per place 49.5Attainment 8
- 11.5 km · SomersetRequires improvement2023
- 11.6 km · SomersetGood20231.3applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · SomersetRemains Good · improving20242.6applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 13.2 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 152459 · 933/4012
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils
- Opened
- 1 February 2026
- Replaced
- Pyrland School (URN 136193)
- Address
- Cheddon Road, Taunton, TA2 7QP
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources