Pyrland School
Ofsted: Inadequate
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Taunton, TA2 7QP
- Distance
- 0.1km away
Pyrland School
Cheddon Road, Taunton, TA2 7QP
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 January 2026 and continues as Pyrland School (URN 152459) (opened 1 February 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 35.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 5.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 160
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 70.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 10.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 996
- Boys
- 514 (52%)
- Girls
- 482 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (95% full)
- SEND
- 13.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.4%
- EAL
- 14.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 9.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,425/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.2%
- White Other: 7.0%
- Black African: 4.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Asian Other: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
80.2%
White British
7.0%
White Other
4.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cheddon Road
Taunton, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136193
- UKPRN
- 10030944
- Establishment No.
- 6905
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