Secondary school

Somervale Secondary School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Bath and North East Somerset
  • BA3 2JD
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2013

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,753 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 54%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 34%34%2016/17: top 63%2017/18: top 61%2018/19: top 29%29% · 2018/192021/22: top 64%2022/23: top 50%2023/24: top 62%2024/25: top 54%No exams

A-level results

#110 of 224 South West sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South West

Attainment 845 · South West 45.55/10 Middle+10.6 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths39.7% · South West 44.2%4/10 Below
EBacc point score3.97 · South West 3.985/10 Middle+27.4 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.01 · South West −0.026/10 Middle−39.9 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry34.71 · South West 33.67Small cohort: 24 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 52.5 · 96 pupils · South West 50.22016/17: 43.8 · 79 pupils · South West 45.62017/18: 44 · 84 pupils · South West 45.72018/19: 50.3 · 102 pupils · South West 45.82021/22: 45.6 · 96 pupils · South West 47.52022/23: 45.8 · 109 pupils · South West 45.42023/24: 43.3 · 89 pupils · South West 45.32024/25: 45 · 131 pupils · South West 45.4552.543.3No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 34% · 79 pupils · South West 39%2017/18: 29% · 84 pupils · South West 40%2018/19: 42% · 102 pupils · South West 39%2021/22: 41% · 96 pupils · South West 46%2022/23: 43% · 109 pupils · South West 42%2023/24: 39.3% · 89 pupils · South West 44.1%2024/25: 39.7% · 131 pupils · South West 44.2%43%29%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 33.68 · 16 pupils · South West 29.292016/17: 27.31 · 28 pupils · South West 30.032017/18: 27.36 · 39 pupils · South West 30.252018/19: 27 · 22 pupils · South West 31.572021/22: 30.59 · 13 pupils · South West 36.992022/23: 41.46 · 15 pupils · South West 33.142023/24: 37.27 · 24 pupils · South West 33.012024/25: 34.71 · 24 pupils · South West 33.6741.4627No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
103 of 103 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st103103
2nd1527
3rd381

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2010Satisfactory
  4. 2013Good
  5. 2016Ungraded visit
  6. 2022Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026781
Free school meals (past 6 years)23.8%
First language not English2.1%
SEN support25.4%
EHC plan5.7%
Absence (sessions missed)6.4%
Persistently absent pupils15.3%

Girls 45.2%Boys 54.8%

93.1% full · 839 places · 51 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.1
Pupils per adult13.2
  • Classroom teachers 36
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 5.5
  • Other support 25.2

Teachers 43 FTE · Whole workforce 73.8 · 87 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,016
Spend per pupil£6,886
Staff spend per pupil£5,121
Reserve per pupil£1,206
  • +£959,000revenue reserve
  • +£104,000in-year balance

Grants £7,552 · self-generated £20 · premises £411 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP (36 academies) · trust reserve £17,216,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

89 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained91%
  • Education70.8%
  • Apprenticeship16.9%
  • Employment3.4%
  • Not sustained9%
  • Unknown0%

After sixth form (16–18)

32 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained87.5%
  • Education53.1%
  • Higher education53.1%
  • Apprenticeship9.4%
  • Employment25%
  • Not sustained9.4%
  • Unknown3.1%