The Blue School
Kennion Road, Wells, BA5 2NR
Local ranking6th of 37 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1640
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.6%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 32.2%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3
- Cohort Size
- 239
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 50.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.2
Avg Points/Entry
37.3
Best 3 A-Levels
100
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 22.9%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 226
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1357
- Boys
- 693 (51%)
- Girls
- 664 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1640 (83% full)
- SEND
- 21.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.8%
- EAL
- 7.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 18.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,077/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.0%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 79.3%
- White Other: 6.0%
- Other: 6.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
- White Irish: 0.6%
79.3%
White British
6.0%
White Other
6.0%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137285
- UKPRN
- 10034794
- Establishment No.
- 4504
- Trust
- THE BLUE SCHOOL