Kingsmead Academy
Wiveliscombe, Taunton, TA4 2NE
Local ranking26th of 37 secondary schools in Somerset
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.8
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.1%
- Entering EBacc
- 75.1%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1
- Cohort Size
- 169
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
- 444 (51%)
- Girls
- 435 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (84% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.7%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.6%
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: 90.1%
- White Other: 3.0%
- Other: 3.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
90.1%
White British
3.0%
White Other
3.0%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136639
- UKPRN
- 10033355
- Establishment No.
- 4355
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION