Robert Blake Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bridgwater, TA6 6AW
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Robert Blake School
Hamp Avenue, Bridgwater, TA6 6AW
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1030
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 10 October 2023.
School history and status
Closed on 31 August 2026 and continues as Robert Blake Academy (URN 151626) (opened 1 September 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 188
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
- 492 (49%)
- Girls
- 522 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1030 (98% 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
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.0% nat15.8%
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: 80.7%
- White Other: 10.1%
- Black African: 1.9%
- Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
80.7%
White British
10.1%
White Other
1.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 123878
- UKPRN
- 10006601
- Establishment No.
- 4300
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