Preston School Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Yeovil, BA21 3JD
- Distance
- 5.1km away
Stanchester Academy
East Stoke, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, TA14 6UG
Local ranking21st of 32 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
880
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 19 November 2024. Figures last updated .
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
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 152
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
- 429 (52%)
- Girls
- 400 (48%)
- Capacity
- 880 (94% 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
*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
- 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
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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