Ansford Academy
Maggs Lane, Castle Cary, BA7 7JJ
Local ranking19th of 37 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
760
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 16.7%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7
- Cohort Size
- 102
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 516
- Boys
- 272 (53%)
- Girls
- 244 (47%)
- Capacity
- 760 (68% full)
- SEND
- 20.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.8%
- EAL
- 2.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.0%
- SEN Support
- 15.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,472/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.8%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.5%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 90.8%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Other: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
90.8%
White British
2.5%
White Other
2.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136839
- UKPRN
- 10034101
- Establishment No.
- 4250
- Trust
- MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP