West Somerset College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 16 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Somerset
Unique reference
136791
Address
Bircham Road, Alcombe, TA24 6AY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
759 (51% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
4%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.1%
Persistent absence
42.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.7%
Mixed 4.1%
Other White 3%
Indian 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.49
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.9
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.14
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE59
BiologyGCSE172
Business Studies:SingleGCSE104
ChemistryGCSE172
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE58
English LanguageGCSE191
English LiteratureGCSE191
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE40
FrenchGCSE37
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

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

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
194
86
108
Year 10
228
113
115
Year 11
188
87
101
Year 12
77
44
33
Year 13
72
45
27
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
82.7%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
65.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
38.0%
16.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
4.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
6.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
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
40.0%
47.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
13.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
6.0%
5.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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