Somervale Secondary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Unique reference
136311
Address
Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2JD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
773 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
55.4%
Girls
44.6%
First language not English
2.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.8%
Persistent absence
21.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
24.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.9%
Mixed 2.4%
Other White 2.3%
Unclassified 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.93
Local authority average 4.38
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award13
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award55
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE57
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE106
English LiteratureGCSE106
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Somervale Secondary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
138
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
111
2nd preference
117
3rd preference
23
From another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
111
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
174
103
71
Year 8
176
96
80
Year 9
136
81
55
Year 10
134
72
62
Year 11
90
54
36
Year 12
34
14
20
Year 13
29
8
21
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
46.0%
24.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
38.0%
54.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
61.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
20.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
21.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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