The Castle School
Wellington Road, Taunton, TA1 5AU
Local ranking1st of 37 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1188
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 53.4
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.7%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.5%
- Entering EBacc
- 30.1%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7
- Cohort Size
- 239
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1202
- Boys
- 592 (49%)
- Girls
- 610 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1188 (101% full)
- SEND
- 12.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.0%
- EAL
- 13.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 10.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 74.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,542/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 79.3%
- Asian Indian: 4.7%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Other: 4.5%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
79.3%
White British
4.7%
Asian Indian
4.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136916
- UKPRN
- 10034180
- Establishment No.
- 4358
- Trust
- BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP