Ansford Academy
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79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
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Bishop Fox's School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,123of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 23.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 219
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 30 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bishop Fox's Community School (URN 123863, until 1 July 2011).
What the data says
Bishop Fox's School has no sixth form. Of the 194 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 57% moved to a sixth form college, 26% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 57% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 36% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.9 against 46.1 across England and 43.5 in Somerset, with 45% 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 | Bishop Fox's School | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 194 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 57% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 26% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bishop Fox's School | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.9 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 37% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.11 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.7 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.7 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 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 | 216 | 99% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 75% |
| English Language | 216 | 99% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 75% |
| English Literature | 214 | 98% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 81% |
| Combined Science | 158 | 72% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 68% |
| Geography | 101 | 46% | 41% | 23% | 25% | 74% |
| Business Studies | 80 | 37% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 85% |
| History | 80 | 37% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 68% |
| Design and Technology | 78 | 36% | 11% | 10% | 23% | 59% |
| Physics | 55 | 25% | 23% | 27% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 55 | 25% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 55 | 25% | 23% | 25% | 47% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 52 | 24% | 13% | 33% | 30% | 90% |
| Spanish | 45 | 21% | 19% | 7% | 27% | 53% |
| French | 43 | 20% | 18% | 14% | 29% | 72% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 41 | 19% | 8% | 22% | 21% | 85% |
| Physical Education | 25 | 11% | 11% | 12% | 24% | 64% |
| Drama | 22 | 10% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 64% |
| Fine Art | 22 | 10% | 9% | 14% | 28% | 73% |
| Photography | 20 | 9% | 6% | 15% | 19% | 75% |
| Dance | 14 | 6% | 1% | 14% | 27% | 79% |
| Polish | 8 | 4% | 1% | 88% | 84% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 38 | — | — |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 21 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 12 | — | — |
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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.