Sexey's School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bruton, BA10 0DF
- Distance
- 6.2km away
King Arthur's School
West Hill, Wincanton, BA9 9BX
Local ranking20th of 34 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
700
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 — 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 20.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 73
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 448
- Boys
- 245 (55%)
- Girls
- 203 (45%)
- Capacity
- 700 (64% full)
- SEND
- 18.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.1%
- EAL
- 5.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.0
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 90.5%
- White Other: 4.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.2%
90.5%
White British
4.3%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 147016
- UKPRN
- 10082916
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
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