Court Fields School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wellington, TA21 8SW
- Distance
- 8.7km away
Kingsmead Academy
Wiveliscombe, Taunton, TA4 2NE
Local ranking24th of 32 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 December 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 30.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 195
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 879
- Boys
- 455 (51%)
- Girls
- 437 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (85% full)
- SEND
- 15.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.1%
- EAL
- 2.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 13.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £1,289/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
- 10.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 92.1%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
92.1%
White British
3.1%
White Other
1.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Wiveliscombe
Taunton, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136639
- UKPRN
- 10033355
- Establishment No.
- 4355
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
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