Bishop Fox's School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Taunton, TA1 3HQ
- Distance
- 2.1km away
The Castle School
Wellington Road, Taunton, TA1 5AU
Local ranking1st of 32 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1188
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 October 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.6% nat64.8%
- 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
- 584 (48%)
- Girls
- 623 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1188 (102% 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
*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
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.1% 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
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 81.0%
- Asian Indian: 4.8%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Black African: 2.5%
- Asian Other: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
81.0%
White British
4.8%
Asian Indian
4.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136916
- UKPRN
- 10034180
- Establishment No.
- 4358
- Trust
- BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
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