Somerset Studio School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Studio schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Radstock, BA3 3NQ
- Distance
- 0.1km away
Writhlington School
Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, BA3 3NQ
Local ranking10th of 14 secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1547
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 27 September 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 150
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Higher education
- 44.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 39.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
28.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
75
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 183
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 925
- Boys
- 461 (52%)
- Girls
- 433 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1547 (58% full)
- SEND
- 19.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.6%
- EAL
- 4.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 15.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,720/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
- 9.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.9%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
90.9%
White British
3.3%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Knobsbury Lane
Radstock, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 137548
- UKPRN
- 10035033
- Establishment No.
- 4134
- Trust
- MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
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