Preston School Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Yeovil, BA21 3JD
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Westfield Academy
Westfield Road, Yeovil, BA21 3DB
Local ranking17th of 32 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1020
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 5 October 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 199
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1025
- Boys
- 494 (49%)
- Girls
- 519 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1020 (99% full)
- SEND
- 27.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.7%
- EAL
- 10.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 25.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,921/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
- 19.7% 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
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- White British: 86.2%
- White Other: 7.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
86.2%
White British
7.5%
White Other
1.7%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Westfield Road
Yeovil, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 137203
- UKPRN
- 10034756
- Establishment No.
- 4201
- Trust
- WESTFIELD ACADEMY TRUST
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