Ansford Academy
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79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
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Preston School Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,003of 975 places
- Free school meals
- 22.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 154
- Ofsted
- Good, 10 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Preston School (URN 123891, until 1 July 2011).
What the data says
Preston School Academy has no sixth form. Of the 178 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 66% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 34% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.9 against 46.1 across England and 43.5 in Somerset, with 40% 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 | Preston School Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 178 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 66% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Preston School Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.9 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 64% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.17 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.9 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.4 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 18% | 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 | 154 | 100% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 68% |
| Mathematics | 154 | 100% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 68% |
| English Literature | 154 | 100% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 131 | 85% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 54% |
| Geography | 105 | 68% | 41% | 25% | 25% | 55% |
| History | 77 | 50% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 55% |
| Spanish | 53 | 34% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 40% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 52 | 34% | 8% | 12% | 21% | 54% |
| Business Studies | 36 | 23% | 18% | 31% | 20% | 75% |
| Fine Art | 34 | 22% | 9% | 18% | 28% | 65% |
| French | 28 | 18% | 18% | 21% | 29% | 61% |
| Chemistry | 23 | 15% | 23% | 43% | 47% | 96% |
| Physics | 22 | 14% | 23% | 45% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 22 | 14% | 23% | 50% | 45% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 11% | 13% | 29% | 30% | 82% |
| Italian | 15 | 10% | 0% | 0% | 53% | 20% |
| Statistics | 12 | 8% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| Drama | 11 | 7% | 7% | 27% | 27% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 11 | 7% | 11% | 9% | 23% | 36% |
| Polish | 10 | 6% | 1% | 80% | 84% | 90% |
| Photography | 10 | 6% | 6% | 10% | 19% | 50% |
| Music | 8 | 5% | 5% | 13% | 33% | 63% |
| Russian | 4 | 3% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 53 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 41 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 16 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 15 | — | — |
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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.