Robert Blake School
Hamp Avenue, Bridgwater, TA6 6AW
Local ranking22nd of 37 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
990
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 42.9
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.8%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 36.8%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8
- Cohort Size
- 185
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1042
- Boys
- 511 (49%)
- Girls
- 531 (51%)
- Capacity
- 990 (105% full)
- SEND
- 19.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.4%
- EAL
- 19.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 16.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,505/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.0%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 75.3%
- White Other: 9.5%
- Other: 9.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.6%
75.3%
White British
9.5%
White Other
9.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 123878
- UKPRN
- 10006601
- Establishment No.
- 4300