Ansford Academy
Academy converter · 469 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Voluntary controlled school
Wadham School
- Pupils on roll
- 763of 788 places
- Free school meals
- 20.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 152
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 21 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Wadham School has no sixth form. Of the 147 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 22% moved to a sixth form college, 37% to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 10% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Somerset and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Wadham School | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 147 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 66% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 7% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 22% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 37% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 11% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Wadham School | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.3 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 19% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.58 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 18% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 24.2 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.4 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 152 | 100% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 74% |
| English Language | 152 | 100% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 70% |
| English Literature | 146 | 96% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 125 | 82% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 51% |
| Business Studies | 56 | 37% | 18% | 9% | 20% | 57% |
| Geography | 54 | 36% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 48% |
| Religious Studies | 53 | 35% | 31% | 8% | 32% | 85% |
| History | 49 | 32% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 65% |
| French | 45 | 30% | 18% | 4% | 29% | 71% |
| Photography | 45 | 30% | 6% | 13% | 19% | 47% |
| Physical Education | 36 | 24% | 11% | 17% | 24% | 64% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 34 | 22% | 8% | 24% | 21% | 79% |
| Statistics | 28 | 18% | 5% | 29% | 20% | 82% |
| Film Studies | 27 | 18% | 1% | 11% | 20% | 59% |
| Applied Engineering | 25 | 16% | 0% | 0% | 18% | 12% |
| Fine Art | 25 | 16% | 9% | 24% | 28% | 72% |
| Biology | 25 | 16% | 23% | 20% | 45% | 92% |
| Chemistry | 25 | 16% | 23% | 16% | 47% | 84% |
| Physics | 25 | 16% | 23% | 16% | 46% | 88% |
| German | 17 | 11% | 5% | 24% | 33% | 59% |
| Music | 14 | 9% | 5% | 14% | 33% | 57% |
| 3D Design | 13 | 9% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 38% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 29 | — | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | — | — | 20% |
| Chemistry | — | — | 17% |
| Geography | — | — | 10% |
| History | — | — | 13% |
| Mathematics | — | — | 31% |
| Physics | — | — | 12% |
| Sociology | — | — | 13% |
| Fine Art | — | — | 3% |
| Photography | — | — | 3% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3 | — | — | — |
| Applied Business | VRQ Level 3 | — | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Somerset
Bishop Fox's School
Academy converter · 1,123 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Bridgwater College Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,561 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 31.9
Brymore Academy
Academy sponsor led · 327 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0
Buckler's Mead School
Academy converter · 812 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Chilton Trinity School
Academy converter · 990 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.