Preston School Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Yeovil, BA21 3JD
- Distance
- 5.1km away
Stanchester Academy
East Stoke, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, TA14 6UG
Local ranking24th of 34 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
880
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 19 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 34.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 132
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 812
- Boys
- 431 (53%)
- Girls
- 381 (47%)
- Capacity
- 880 (92% full)
- SEND
- 19.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.6%
- EAL
- 4.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 17.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.8
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.1% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 89.9%
- White Other: 4.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
89.9%
White British
4.3%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
East Stoke
Stoke-sub-Hamdon, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 137080
- UKPRN
- 10034833
- Establishment No.
- 4450
- Trust
- BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE TRUST
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