Pyrland School
Ofsted: Inadequate
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Taunton, TA2 7QP
- Distance
- 2.7km away
Monkton Wood Academy
School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PD
Local ranking32nd of 32 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: InadequateUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1410
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 13 March 2023. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Heathfield Community School (URN 123883) since 1 December 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 251
Destinations
After GCSE 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Higher education
- 57.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 10.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- 16-18 Cohort
- 77
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1266
- Boys
- 602 (48%)
- Girls
- 665 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1410 (90% full)
- SEND
- 23.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.9%
- EAL
- 10.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.1%
- SEN Support
- 19.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,309/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
- 11.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.5% 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
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.5%
- White Other: 7.2%
- Black African: 3.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
82.5%
White British
7.2%
White Other
3.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150130
- UKPRN
- 10093289
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
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