Ansford Academy
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79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
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Kingsmead Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 892of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 19.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 169
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 3 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kingsmead Community School (URN 123884, until 1 April 2011).
What the data says
Kingsmead Academy has no sixth form. Of the 187 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 39% moved to a sixth form college, 34% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 39% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 39% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.8 against 46.1 across England and 43.5 in Somerset, with 39% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Kingsmead Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 187 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 39% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 34% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Kingsmead Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.8 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 75% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.11 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 24.5 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 169 | 100% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 67% |
| Mathematics | 169 | 100% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 70% |
| English Literature | 167 | 99% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 62% |
| Combined Science | 106 | 63% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 52% |
| Geography | 98 | 58% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 58% |
| History | 88 | 52% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 51% |
| German | 66 | 39% | 5% | 23% | 33% | 58% |
| Chemistry | 58 | 34% | 23% | 38% | 47% | 97% |
| Physics | 58 | 34% | 23% | 31% | 46% | 91% |
| Biology | 58 | 34% | 23% | 38% | 45% | 93% |
| French | 47 | 28% | 18% | 11% | 29% | 53% |
| Art and Design | 43 | 25% | 7% | 23% | 24% | 79% |
| Physical Education | 27 | 16% | 11% | 19% | 24% | 78% |
| Drama | 25 | 15% | 7% | 20% | 27% | 84% |
| Religious Studies | 24 | 14% | 31% | 25% | 32% | 75% |
| Spanish | 18 | 11% | 19% | 22% | 27% | 44% |
| Music | 17 | 10% | 5% | 24% | 33% | 71% |
| 3D Design | 17 | 10% | 2% | 12% | 16% | 71% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 7% | 13% | 17% | 30% | 42% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 26 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 20 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 19 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 14 | — | — |
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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.