Somerset Studio School

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

152

Places

250

How full

61% full — 152 of 250 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

65 / 87

Overall absence

16%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

57%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

24%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

2%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

7%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

33%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

86%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

66%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

10%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

34%

No sustained destination

10%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

29

After sixth form

Went to university

20%

England 50%

In education, work or training

90%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

7%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

30

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

23%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

31

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Bath and North East Somerset 024C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

24%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

17%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

55%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

33%

England 17%

Households with no car

13%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

37%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Studio schools

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 14–19

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP

Headteacher

Headteacher: Bruce Hain

Local authority

Bath and North East Somerset

Ward

Radstock

Constituency

Frome and East Somerset

URN

142125

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.