Selwood Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Frome, BA11 2EF
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Frome Community College
Bath Road, Frome, BA11 2HQ
Local ranking26th of 32 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1497
Capacity
13-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 5 October 2023. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Frome Community College (URN 123862) since 1 April 2024. 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
- 42.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 316
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Higher education
- 34.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 30.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
131
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 15.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 327
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1284
- Boys
- 620 (48%)
- Girls
- 678 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1497 (87% full)
- SEND
- 20.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.1%
- EAL
- 7.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 17.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 74.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,732/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
- 11.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.3%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
85.3%
White British
5.6%
White Other
2.3%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150667
- UKPRN
- 10094458
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
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