Westfield Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Yeovil, BA21 3DB
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Preston School Academy
Monks Dale, Yeovil, BA21 3JD
Local ranking2nd of 32 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
975
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 10 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 202
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 983
- Boys
- 517 (52%)
- Girls
- 486 (48%)
- Capacity
- 975 (103% full)
- SEND
- 14.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.6%
- EAL
- 18.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.1%
- SEN Support
- 8.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,115/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
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.4% 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: 76.5%
- White Other: 10.2%
- Black African: 2.9%
- Asian Indian: 2.6%
- Asian Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Other: 0.8%
76.5%
White British
10.2%
White Other
2.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Monks Dale
Yeovil, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136894
- UKPRN
- 10034181
- Establishment No.
- 4455
- Trust
- MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
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