Fairlands Middle School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Cheddar, BS27 3PG
- Distance
- 0.6km away
The Kings of Wessex Academy
Station Road, Cheddar, BS27 3AQ
Local ranking2nd of 32 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1194
Capacity
13-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 November 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 244
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Higher education
- 45.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
102
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 237
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1050
- Boys
- 541 (52%)
- Girls
- 502 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1194 (87% full)
- SEND
- 8.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.7%
- EAL
- 3.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.6%
- SEN Support
- 7.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,525/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
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 91.6%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- White Irish: 0.4%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
91.6%
White British
3.5%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136783
- UKPRN
- 10031581
- Establishment No.
- 4583
- Trust
- WESSEX LEARNING TRUST
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